Vocabulary
Some immigrants and American Indians were pressured to ___________________________ by changing their culture and customs be more similar to European Americans.
What is assimilate?
This person tried to merge the Great Northern Railroad with two other major railroads
Who was James J. Hill?
A problem with public health was the ____________________________________ of dead animals floated near the city's water supply
What are bodies or carcasses?
One American Indian tribe that was hurt by reforms such as allotment
Who are the Dakota or Ojibwe?
He cut his hair and changed his name in order to assimilate
Who was Wekwaa-giizhig (John Rogers)?
Many Minnesotans worked hard during the late 1800s and early 1900s to act in ways they believed contributed to the __________________________.
What is the common good?
A person who supports changes that are intended to improve society
What is a reformer?
a problem with public health was the streets were filthy with _____________________ and __________________________________
What is manure, tobacco spit, dirty water, or dead animals?
at _____________________________________
many American Indian children were taught to reject their culture
What were boarding schools?
Who was Clara Ueland?
Under _________________________________, reservation lands belonging to the Ojibwe people were divided among members of their tribe.
What is allotment?
In 1904, this court decided against James J. Hill's railroad monopoly
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
A problem with public health was _______________________, the flu, and other contagious diseases spread quickly
What is typhoid?
What were settlement houses?
she spoke out against lynching and supported the suffrage movement
Who was Amanda Lyles?
Total control over the supply of a product or service in a certain market
What is a monopoly?
An example of this is the mayor of Minneapolis taking bribes
What is government corruption?
A reform to public health was the __________________________________ promoted sanitation, quarantines, and vaccinations.
What is the State Board of Health?
_______________________________ was designed to convert American Indian reservation land, which was shared by everyone, to be owned by individuals
What was allotment?
bought homes that could be rented or sold to African Americans
Who was Thomas Lyles?
the right to vote
What is suffrage?
An example of this is treating a person unfairly because of skin color
What is racial discrimination?
A reform to public health was that ______________________________________ and a meat inspection law helped make sure the food supply was safe
What was the Pure Food and Drug Act?
What happened to the Ojibwe reservation land that was not allotted to American Indians?
What is the government sold it to white Americans?
the U.S. president who sued James J. Hill over a railroad monopoly
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?