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Wild Card
100
What was the name of the solution to the transportation problem?
What is Transcontinental Railroad
100
This Act was passed by Congress and gave 160 acres for anyone willing to farm for 5 years?
What is Homestead Act
100
Matching: 1. The name given to the African Americans who moved to Kansas under the Homestead Act? 2. Because of the hardness of the topsoil in the West, the farmers were called? A. Exodusters B. Sodbusters
What is 1. A 2. B
100
What were the two developments that helped farmers in the West?
What is 1. "dry farming" 2. invention of gasoline powered tractors
100
What was the name of the Act that was passed in 1887 that was supposed to help Native Americans by giving them 160 acres of farm land?
What is the Dawes Act...many did become farmers, but many stayed on the reservation anyway.
200
When was the Pacific Railway Act passed, and what was the significance of when it was passed?
What is It was passed in 1862, which was the middle of the Civil War, so it must have been important to get passed in the middle of a war.
200
What was the name of the colleges that got federal land but had to be taught certain subjects due to this gift?
What is "Land Grant"
200
As the U.S. population doubled from 1850-1900, the farm population __________? A. decreased by half B. tripled C. quadrupled D. flat lined
What is B. tripled
200
A surplus of food results in a __________ in farm prices. A. increase B. decrease
What is B. decrease
200
Two parter: The practice in which one company controls the entire industry is known as a _____________. Congress passed the __________ ____________ Act in 1890 to try to eliminate the answer above.
What is monopoly, Sherman Antitrust
300
What was the name of the two railroad companies?
What is the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company
300
The Morrill Act granted federal land to states as long as the proceeds of them selling the land went towards universities to teach ____________ and ___________ .
What is engineering and agriculture
300
What was the name of the political party formed in 1892 and became the third party next to Democrats and Republicans?
What is Populist Party
300
What was the name of the political group farmers formed when their was a surplus of food?
What is Farmers Alliances
300
What is the job of a labor union?
What is they represent the workers of a corporation or industry in disputes and negotiations with management in that corporation or industry.
400
Which direction did the Central build and which direction did the Union build?
What is Central=built eastward from Sacramento, California and Union=westward from Omaha, Nebraska.
400
Which college near by was a college that recieved founding under the Morrill Act?
What is University of Illinois
400
When their became a surplus of food farmers had _________ problems which ed them to _________.
What is financial, politics
400
A few Union leaders were __________, and wanted to overthrow the U.S. government.
What is radicals
400
What were four of the reasons why big businesses grew so fact after the Civil War?
What is 1. Immigration supplied cheap labor to industry 2. Inventions made production of goods cheaper and quicker. 3. The federal government was more business friendly (starting with Lincoln). 4. Scientists discovered lots of natural resources that help industry grow.
500
When the two railroads joined on may 10, 1869 (after 6 years of construction), they were joined by the driving of the "__________ _________."
What is "Golden Spike"
500
Which President felt the Morrill Act and Homestead Acts were high priorities, even during the Civil War?
What is Lincoln
500
What were the four goals of the Populist Party?
What is 1. government ownership of the railroads 2. allow coinage of silver to combat decreasing prices. 3. limit immigration. 4. institute an 8-hour workday
500
Carnegie practiced __________ integration, which wanted to keep the price of production down, but Rockefeller practiced _____________ integration, which involved controlling the price of production and sale by buying monopolies.
What is vertical, horizontal.
500
What were the natural resources that scientists discovered to help industry grow?
What is iron, coal and oil.