Unit 5-6

Question 1

the 1889 land rush

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only opened a western strip of Oklahoma not assigned to any tribe

Question 2

under the Treaty of fort Laramie , the Sioux

Answer 2

were granted the black hills “as long as the grass shall grow”

Question 3

treaties with the Sioux and Ne Perces were broken when whites

Answer 3

found gold on their lans

Question 4

I mining boomtowns known as “helldorados”

Answer 4

men outnumbered women by as much as ten to one

Question 5

the cattle drives in the 1860s-1870 would not have been possible without

Answer 5

rail lines to eastern markets

Question 6

by 1900 , what groups in California played the same role as poor black sharecroppers in the South

Answer 6

chinese

Question 7

the homestead act granted 160 acres of public domain to any settler who

Answer 7

would live on the land and improve it for five years

Question 8

which of these explains why it was so important for farm families to cooperate with each other on the Great Plains

Answer 8

the harsh climate and unyielding soil of the region

Question 9

after defeating Custer at Little big horn , Sioux chief sitting bull reportedly made which of these statements

Answer 9

now they will never let us rest

Question 10

the people who benefited most from the homestead act were the

Answer 10

land speculators

Question 11

European immigrants to the great plains tended to

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form tight-knit , ethnically distinctive communities

Question 12

the Oklahoma land rush 1889

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reversed federal Indian policy that had been in place since the 1830s

Question 13

the mormons’ most controversial practice was

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polygamy

Question 14

pima cooperation with white settlers brought them

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impoverishment

Question 15

after settling in Utah in the 2840s , the Mormons

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established hundreds of communities from Oregon to Mexico

Question 16

under human use , the natural environment of the west

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was destroyed of significantly degraded

Question 17

on the great plains , the most successful farmers were those with

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money ad political power

Question 18

the first national park in the united states was

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yellowstone

Question 19

the great plains were often referred to by early explorers as

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the great desert

Question 20

one result of the mining boom in the west was

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the creation of string and effective unions

Question 21

in 1830 , congress passed the Indian removal act , which provided funds to

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relocate all eastern tribes by force if necessary

Question 22

the Santa Fe Ring was a group of land spectators , lawyers

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cheated Mexicanos out of their landholding

Question 23

the Cherokee responded to pressure from whites by

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learning English , becoming Christians and adopting farming

Question 24

unlike European immigrants , native-born American settlers of the Great Plains tended to

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settle as individual families isolated on solitary homestead

Question 25

army commanders encouraged the slaughter of buffalo herds because they thought

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it would break tribal resistance to the reservation system

Question 26

Sears , Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward , the great mail-order houses , were located in Chicago because it was

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the center of the consolidated rail system

Question 27

industrial porduction in the New south

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returned very few profits to southerners

Question 28

the "good roads" about which southern politicians bragged were mainly built by

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African American convict labor

Question 29

in the 1860s , meatpackers set up one of the earliest

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assembly lines

Question 30

what term did economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen use to describe the new style created by the rich

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conspicuous consumption

Question 31

the afl considered a strike

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a last resort report if negotiations failed

Question 32

the united fruit company was to vertical integration as this company was to horizontal combination

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Standard Oil

Question 33

the new middle class of the Gilded age was composed

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almost exclusively of white, Anglo-Saxon protestants

Question 34

the fastest-growing area of the textile industry in the later nineteenth century was in

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the southern Piedmont

Question 35

in the typical company town of the southern Piedmont , workers were

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constantly supervised and controlled by the company

Question 36

the cheapest labor for unskilled jobs such as woodworking and garments was usually

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new immigrants , especially women

Question 37

this financier was popularly known as the "worst man in the world"

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Jay Gould

Question 38

the haymarket square meeting took place the day after

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police had killed four strikers

Question 39

as american cities grew during the gilded age

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few urban leaders did any long-term planning

Question 40

by the end of the century , nearly 80 percent of African Americans on the north

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lived in urban areas

Question 41

before writing The Gospel of Wealth , Andrew Carnegie had made his fortune in

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steel production

Question 42

by the time he died , Andrew Carnegie had

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given away his massive personal fortune

Question 43

the "gospel of wealth "

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justified the ruthless behavior of entrepreneurs like Rockefelller

Question 44

new immigrants tended to

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settle in cities where large numbers of their countrymen lived

Question 45

the majority of the urban population lived in

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tenements

Question 46

the proponents of a "new south" envisioned the south as

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an area that promoted industrial development and welcomed

Question 47

with rapid growth of manufacturing , for working-class people

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steady employment was rare

Question 48

the main demand of the strikes gathered t Haymarket square in Chicago was

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an eight-hour workday

Question 49

Urban African American and immigrant women found employment mostly in trades

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least affected by technological advances

Question 50

John D. Rockefeller's horizontal combination was so successful that he controlled this percentage of nation's oil refining by 1882

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over 90 percent

Question 51

the main factor promoted economic growth during the second industrial revolution from 1871 to 1914 was

Answer 51

application of new technologies

Question 52

the largest labor organization in the nineteenth century was

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the knights of labor

Question 53

vertical integration is to control of production of a product as horizontal combination is to control of

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the market for a product

Question 54

the "self-improvement" movement mainly affected the urban

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middle class

Question 55

thomas alva edison's laboratory in Menlo park , new jersey , was one of the first to be devoted . to

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industrial research

Question 56

new machinery such as as the mechanical cigarette marker

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allowed greater production with fewer workers

Question 57

in 1900 , the greatest concentration of manufacturing in the untied states was in the

Answer 57

northeast

Question 58

what unique custom did New Yorkers in fifth avenue develop to show off their riches on the new year

Answer 58

leaving their curtains

Question 59

which group would have been least likely to get jobs in trades such as construction and restaurant service

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African Americans

Question 60

African Americans workers in the New South

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were limited to the lowest-paying unskilled jobs

Question 61

by 1900 , the Untied States was _____ in the world in terms of productivity

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first

Question 62

one result of the respect accorded the AFL was that in 1894

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Labor day was made a national holiday

Question 63

Central park , the first planned public urban park in the United States opened in 1858 in

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new york city

Question 64

by 1890 , approximately what fraction of the population lived in cities

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one-third

Question 65

the most significant development shaping the American economy after the Civil war was the

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emergence and consolidation of large-scale corporations