Expansion
What the belief that the US had a divine calling to expand westward?
Manifest Destiny
What groups lost most of their land during westward expansion despite assurances from the government prior to the expansion?
Native Americans
What movement did farmers found to petition the government for help?
Grange Movement
What event centered around the introduction of the factory system, mass production, electricity, and the combustion engine?
Second Industrial Revolution
What were groups formed by workers to help fight for their rights?
Labor Unions
What major engineering project opened the west for further settlement and allowed raw materials to be shipped to the east?
Transcontinental Railroad
What event lead to the end of the period of westward expansion in 1890?
Wounded Knee Massacre
What major political party evolved out of the Farmers Alliance?
Populists (People's Party)
Which of the monopolists brought the Bessemer Process to the US?
Carnegie
Which major labor union allowed anybody to join?
Knights of Labor
Why did Exodusters move west?
They sought to escape the discrimination of the Jim Crow South
What religious movement did the Native Americans turn to after their defeat in the hopes it would return the world to the way it was before the white man came?
The Ghost Dance Movement
What metals did bimetallism want the economy to be based around?
Gold and Silver
Where did most people move to during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Cities
What jobs could women not work in the Second Industrial Revolution?
Government jobs and Managerial positions
Why was the Homestead Act Controversial?
It greatly helped in the settling of the west but only applied to white settlers and took away land from Native Americans
In what event were Native Americans forcibly removed from lands east of the Mississippi River resulting in the deaths of hundreds during the march?
Trail of Tears
Why were farmers suffering in the late 1800's?
Deflation caused by overproduction meant they couldn't make money and railroad monopolies were overcharging them for transporting their crops
How did the Panic of 1873 effect the citizens of the US?
The panic led Americans to distrust the government and big business leading to increased power of the Grange Movement and labor unions.
What were the major social reforms the Knights of Labor fought for?
Banning child labor and the 8-hour workday
What laws affected Mexican-Americans in the West?
Sunday Laws and Greaser Laws
How did the Dawes Act affect Native Americans?
Native Americans lost most of their land and lost their traditions connected to communal land ownership
What was the meaning behind the "Cross of Gold" metaphor in Bryant's famous speech?
Americans were suffering under the gold standard and only bimetallism would allow the government the flexibility to fix the issue of deflation
How did the Credit Mobilier Scandal lead to the Panic of 1873?
It lead to a distrust of the government and business causing people to pull money out of banks which led to bank collapses
How did the Haymarket Riots lead to a decrease in union powers?
During the Haymarket Riots, anarchists used the Knights of Labor's strike as cover for an attack on the police that the union was blamed for