Well marked and accessible fire escapes, doors that are unlocked and open outward and making it illegal for children under the age of 14 were all the result of a tragic factory accident in
Triangle Shirt Waist Factory
100
Former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains were called
What is Exodusters
100
An era marked by personal greed and a corrupt partnership between business and politics (HINT: name of this "era" given by Mark Twain)
What is Gilded Age
100
This Act encouraged white families to develop the west.
What is Homestead Act
200
This Congressional act broke up the reservations and allotted each Indian 160 acres to promote assimilation into American Society
What is Dawes Act 1887
200
The building of corporate wealth and power accumulated by "exploiting workers" led to the derogatory name for captains of industries as
What is robber barons
200
This was responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide - open western frontier
What is Railroad
200
A business strategy used by Andrew Carnegie which involved buying out raw material producers and distributors
What is vertical integration
200
The major issue of the election of 1896 became
What is free and unlimited coinage of silver
300
The use of federal troops during strikes in the 1870's and 1880's were a result of
labor unrest
300
This strike was the result of railroads cutting salaries by ten percent
What is railroad strike of 1877
300
Demand for beef in the East contributed to the development of
What is the Chisholm Trail
300
This technique was used to win workers' rights
What is collective bargaining
300
The exchange of paper currency for either gold or silver
What is Bimetallism
400
This company stole railroad money for its shareholders
Credit Mobilier
400
Banking and currency reform, right of labor to organize and bargain, and regulation of business / role of federal government were all identified as areas of change for the:
Populist Party
400
This massacre ended the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians
What is Wounded Knee
400
The national government helped to finance transcontinental railroad construction in the late 19th century by providing railroad corporations with
What is land grants
400
Farmers faced many challenges (name 3 for full points)
What is weather, investment in new equipment & shipping rates
500
Former slaves who settled on the Great Plains (Kansas)
Exodusters
500
These THREE factors contributed to the immense Industrial boom of the early 1900's (MUST KNOW ALL 3 FOR POINTS)
What is natural resources, government support of business and growing urban population
500
This was a message of hope and a religious ritual that promised to restore the way of life for their ancestors
What is the Ghost Dance
500
She was a community activist and reformer who promoted settlement houses to address the social issues of poor immigrants