What is Never steal another man's horse. A horse thief pays with his life.
Don't make a threat without expecting dire consequences.
Never order anything weaker than whiskey.
After you pass someone on the trail, don't look back at him. It implies you don't trust him.
100
period in American history (late 1800s) in which there was a rapid increase in the use of machines/factories in production, and new innovations were made in all areas of life
What is The Second Industrial Revolution
100
An act that guaranteed that paper currency would be redeemed freely in gold, putting an end to the already dying "free silver" campaign
What is Gold Standard Act
100
what was imperialism?
What is A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
100
When was Progressivism?
What is 20th century
200
a chief of the Sioux
What is Sitting Bull
200
immigrants who came to the US during 1880's, mostly from EASTERN Europe
What is new immigrants
200
Mid-nineteenth-century movement in European and American literature and the arts that sought to depict contemporary life and society as it actually was, in all its unvarnished detail. Adherents eschewed the idealism and nostalgia of the earlier romantic sensibility
What is realism
200
discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
What is Racism
200
Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a ____ movement.
What is Political
300
Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west
What is Transcontinental Railroad
300
immigrants who came to the US before the 1880's, mostly from WESTERN Europe
What is Old Immigrants
300
era of American history when the US appeared to be wealthy and powerful but in truth very few citizens were becoming rich
What is The Glided Age
300
What were the political causes of imperialism?
What is nationalism (pride and prestige), national security/border protection, military bases & source of troops
300
Passed in 1913, this amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures.
What is 17th amendment
400
The vast grassland that extends through the central portion North America, from Texas northward to Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Great Plains
400
area of mostly residential neighborhoods located outside the heart of a city
What is Suburban
400
The use of Civil War imagery by political candidates and parties to draw votes to their side of the ticket
What is "waving the bloody shirt"
400
What were the social causes of imperialism?
What is missionary (spread Christianity), social Darwinism; spread cultural values - racism/cultural superiority; white man's burden
400
The movement in the late 1800s to increase democracy in America by curbing the power of the corporation. It fought to end corruption in government and business, and worked to bring equal rights of women and other groups that had been left behind during the industrial revolution.
What is Progressivism
500
Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $25.
What is Homestead Act
500
When Was the Second Industrial Revolution?
What is 1870-1914
500
Federal legislation that prohibited most further Chinese immigration to the United States. This was the first major legal restriction on immigration in U.S. history
What is Chinese Exclusion Act
500
racist description of natives - unchristian, needing parental care
What is "half-devil, half-child"
500
farm-based movement of the late 1800s that arose mainly in the area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint effort between farmer and labor groups against big business and machine-based politics. The movement became a third party in the election of 1892.