Big Business
His company once controlled about 90 percentage of U.S. oil refining.
Who is John D. Rockefeller ?
Many factory workers wanted shorter workdays and better pay, so they organized into these groups.
What are labor unions?
Native Americans were often forced to move onto these government-controlled lands.
What are reservations?
These workers guided large herds of cattle across the plains during long drives.
Who are cowboys?
This early farmers’ organization originally focused on improving farmers’ social lives.
What is the Grange Movement?
These extremely large businesses dominated entire industries during the late 1800s.
What are corporations?
Workers organized these protests to stop working and demand better conditions.
What are strikes?
This book written by Helen Hunt Jackson criticized how the U.S. government treated Native Americans.
What is A Century of Dishonor?
Mining camps often included merchants, gamblers, and workers in these rapidly growing towns.
What are mining towns (or boomtowns)?
This law encouraged settlers to move west by offering 160 acres of land if they farmed it for several years.
What is the Homestead Act?
Andrew Carnegie believed wealthy people should give money back to society through this practice.
What is philanthropy?
This violent labor protest in Chicago created fear and public backlash against unions, after a bomb exploded killing 7 police officers and several civilians
What is the Haymarket Affair?
These wars between Native Americans and the U.S. Army occurred across the West during the late 1800s.
What are the Indian Wars?
These towns were abandoned when mines ran out of valuable minerals.
What are ghost towns?
Settlers who broke tough prairie soil to plant crops were often called this term.
What are Sodbusters?
This economic period after the Civil War saw rapid industrial growth, new technologies, and expanding railroads.
What is the Second Industrial Revolution?
This labor organization tried to unite both skilled and unskilled workers across industries.
What are the Knights of Labor?
Many Native American tribes fought U.S. expansion because they wanted to protect their land and their what?
What is their way of life (or culture)?
Many cattle were eventually shipped to meatpacking centers in these Midwestern cities. (either city mentioned in the reading will be counted as a correct answer)
What are Kansas City and Chicago?
This political party represented farmers and working people in the late 1800s.
What is the Populist Party?
This system occurs when a company controls every step of production from raw materials to finished product.
What is vertical integration?
This strike in 1894 demonstrated how often the federal government supported business owners during labor disputes.
What is the Pullman Strike?
The Dawes Act attempted to force Native Americans to abandon their traditional cultures and adopt American farming lifestyles in a process known as this.
What is assimilation?
These African American army regiments served on the western frontier.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
Farmers often blamed large businesses and banks for controlling too much of the nation’s what?
What is the economy?