Settling the west.
What were some of the dangers of working on the transcontinental railroad?
Answers will vary
This native American ritual was performed in hopes to rid their land of settlers and bring their buffalo back to life.
The Ghost Dance
Define Assimilation
Changing to the ways of the land
(or something similar)
Which industry was Andrew Carnegie associated with?
Steel
What was Kerosene used for?
Light homes without electricity.
Feuling lanterns
Which two immigrant groups helped build the transcontinental railroad
What was the original purpose of Helen Jackson Writing, "A Century of Dishonor"?
Expose all the wrongs done to the Native Americans.
Unlike most of the business titans, this Industrious leader was born into an extremely wealthy family.
J.P Morgan
Which Industry was JP Morgan associated with?
Banking/Finance
What caused the start of the standardization of time
(Time zones)
Transcontinental railroad and its schedule
soldiers attacked a Native American community that included many women and children at the
_______
_______
_______
Sand Creek Massacre
This was the last major battle between the Plains Indians and the US Army
The Battle of Wounded Knee
What were most of the Indian wars fought over?
Gold
Which industry was John D Rockelfeller associated with?
OIL
What is vertical integration
Owning all the steps in the process of making something
example: Carnegie steel
This gave an incentive, or motivated, ex slaves to move to the west by offering 160 acres in the Great Plains
Homestead act.
This act divided up Indian Reservations among the natives. Instead of owning the land as a community, individual families owned their own plots.
The Dawes Act
What did Vanderbilt do that revolutionized railroad transportation?
Standardized gauges
How did the Bessemer process help Carnegie?
Made the steel making process quicker and cheaper
If you were refering to Carnegie as evil, and argued that he was growing the income gap between the wealthy and the poor, you could also call him a _______ _______
Robber baron
What part of the Native Americans livelihood did the settlers kill?
Buffalo
The Battle of Wounded Knee was fought over.........
Maintaining Native American Culture
The Exodusters were made up of what type of people?
Ex-slaves
She was the first African American woman to recieve a U.S patent
Sarah Goode
Henry Flagler and Henry Plant both used railroads to grow this industry in the state of Florida
Tourism