How do the railroads help in settling the west and closing the frontier?
What is the railroads help populate the west with new settlers and they help connect the Pacific to the Midwest
100
What are five necessary characteristics of an Industrial Revolution?
What is capital, labor, technological innovation, laissez-faire economic policy, govt. that supports innovation(patents)
100
What is a good definition of the Gilded Age
What is on the outside everything is shiny and golden(the booming economy in US from 1870-1900). Under the shiny exterior is the rusty, corrupt politics that is necessary for creating the economic boom.
100
List three new groups of immigrants who came to the US in the 1880's to 1900.
What is Southern Europeans, Central Europeans, and Russians(Jews)
100
What is a good definition of populism?
What is a political movement that tried to help farmers who were being exploited by railroads and big business.
200
How were the Sioux and other native peoples dependent upon the buffalo?
What is they followed the buffalo and were dependent upon them for food, skins, fuel, etc.
200
Explain three important characteristics of John D. Rockefeller
What is he founded Standard Oil, he used horizontal consolidation to monopolize the oil refining industry, he is considered a robber baron.
200
Who was Boss Tweed?
What is the leader of Tammany Hall, the strongest political machine in NYC.
200
Where did these new immigrants first live when they arrived in NYC?
What is overcrowded tenements that were poorly lit, poorly ventilated, and had no indoor plumbing.
200
What is the grange?
What is an organization that acted like a rural union to bring farmers together to fight the railroads and big business.
300
What role did miners, ranchers, and farmers play in the settlement of the west?
What is many of them tried to strike it rich, become independent successful farmers, or become successful ranchers but most failed and populated western cities.
300
List three characteristics of Andrew Carnegie
What is he is considered important to the creation of the US Steel industry. He used vertical integration to make the cheapest, yet highest quality steel. He was considered a captain of industry because of these innovations.
300
What is a political machine?
What is a network of politicians who bribe voters (often immigrants) into voting for certain candidates, guaranteeing unlimited political power in urban centers in the US.
300
Describe the Lower East Side of Manhattan between 1870 and 1920.
What is for many of these years the most densely populated neighborhood in the US and the world.
300
How did railroads exploit farmers?
What is railroads overcharged for shipping farmer's crops and storing their crops.
400
What was the Dawes Act?
What is an attempt by the US govt to assimilate native peoples by placing them on reservations and encouraging them to become farmers.
400
List and explain three characteristics of J.P. Morgan.
What is he was considered the most important banker of the IR, he would purchase struggling companies and make them profitable, he was considered ruthless and another example of a robber baron.
400
What role did immigrants play in political machines?
What is they were often easy to bribe because they were in need of jobs, places to live, other necessities of life.
400
What is one challenge facing the residents of cities in the late 19th c. US
What is poor sanitation, poor water quality
400
What are three specific challenges to farmers in the 1880's and 1890's?
What is low crop prices, debt from purchasing new machinery, and exploitation by railroads.
500
Name three of the major battles between the US Army and Native Americans.
What is Sand Creek(US Army victory), Little Big Horn(Native American victory), and Wounded Knee( US Army victory)
500
What is the difference between a captain of industry and a robber baron?
What is captain's of industry are considered innovators while robber barons are considered monopolists.
500
Interpret the political cartoon
What is Boss Tweed demonstrating the power of his political machine and the role voters played in his control over NYC.
500
What is another challenge facing residents of US cities at the end of the 19th c.
What is poor transportation and overcrowded tenements.
500
Why did the populists fail in the election of 1896?
What is other industrial workers were not wanting inflation that was created by bimetallism. Farmers wanted inflation to raise the price of their crops. Other workers didn't want to pay more for food, etc.