Where was the
transcontinental
railroad
completed?
Utah
How many acres
of land did the
Homestead Act
give to settlers?
160
The Dawes Act
was created to
help the
__________.
Native
Americans
Under the Homestead Act, settlers were given \_\_\_\_ years to make improvements to the land.
5 years
The Plain
Indians had a
_______
lifestyle.
Nomadic
Long drives
were used to
take ________
to market.
Cattle
Where did
Custer’s last
stand take
place?
Little
Bighorn
Where did John
Chivington lead a
massacre of Native
Americans?
Sand
Creek
Who said “I will
fight no more
forever?”
Chief
Joseph
The Ghost
Dancers were
massacred at?
Wounded
Knee
Novels that told
stories of rags
to riches were
called…
Dime
Novels
How long did
the Wild West
era last?
30
years
What state had
a massive land
giveaway?
Oklahoma
The Comstock
Lode refers to the
discovery of what
of what resource?
Silver
What invention
closed the
open range?
Barbed
Wire
Who
invented the
telephone?
Alexander
Graham
Bell
Who
invented the
light bulb?
Thomas
Edison
Who made
electric power
possible?
Nikola
Tesla
Who
invented the
typewriter?
Christopher
Latham
Sholes
Name of
early 1900s
oil tycoon.
John D.
Rockefeller
Name of
early 1900s
steel tycoon.
Andrew
Carnegie
Name of early
1900s RR and
steel tycoon.
JP
Morgan
Name of early
1900s tobacco
tycoon
James
Duke
What were
company
towns?
towns entirely company-owned, provided housing and stores for employees
Describe
Social
Darwinism.
Based on Darwin’s
theory of
evolution/survival
of the fittest
Describe a
monopoly
When a business
controls all or most
of the supply of a
product
Describe
a trust
When several businesses act as one under the control of a board of directors
Describe
horizontal
integration
Type of monopoly formed by controlling all of the same type of business
Describe
vertical
integration
Monopoly formed by controlling businesses related to the primary business
Describe a
Corporation
An association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.