1What group of people occupied the Great Plains, hindering America from being able to expand? (Day 37)
First Nations
2Name the treaty made between First Nation tribes and the U.S. that granted the First Nations money so long as they remained in a reservation (One tribe was not happy with this) (Day 37)
Fort Laramie Treaty
3Name the First Nations tribe that refused to abide by the restrictions of the Fort Laramie Treaty (powerful in strength and depended on the buffalo) (Day 37)
The Sioux
4What is the name of the war fought by the Dakota Sioux, in which many settlers were killed, raped, or mutilated? (Day 37)
Dakota War
5Name the event that occurred in Sand Creek, Colorado in which J.M. Chivington’s militia kill 150-200 unarmed Cheyeyenne/Arapaho peoples (Day 37)
Sand Creek Massacre
6How does Congress respond to Dakota War and Sand Creek Massacre? (Day 37)
They create the Indian Peace Commission to try and americanize the First Nations
7Name the battle between the Sioux and 7th Cavalry in which George A. Custer attempted to drive the tribes back to the reservation (Day 37)
Battle of Little Bighorn
8What happens to the Sioux soon after? (Day 37)
They’re driven back to the reservation as a result of the Winter campaign.
9Name the massacre in which 7th Cavalry surrounded escaping Sioux, which was met with resistance, and resulted in 25 dead soldiers and over 200 dead Sioux (Day 37)
Wounded Knee
10Name the book that highlights the injustices towards First Nations in hopes that this would change government policy (Written by Helen Hunt Jackson) (Day 37)
A Century of Dishonor
11Name the act that made an attempt to americanize tribes by breaking up reservations and granting each family 160 acres to farm (Day 37)
Dawes Act
12What were First Nations children forced to go in order to assimilate them to American culture? (Day 37)
Indian Boarding Schools
13When were First Nations granted citizenship? (Day 37)
1924
14What act reversed the Dawes Act? (Day 37)
Indian Reorganization Act
15What act granted 160 acres of free land for farmers if they were able to live on it for 5 years? (Day 37)
Homestead Act
16What act gave the states land for agricultural and mechanical colleges? (Day 37)
Morril Land Grant Act
17Name the project to connect California with the Eastern rail network (Day 37)
Transcontinental Railroad
18What was put in place to incentivize railroad companies to build the Transcontinental Railroad? (Day 37)
Railroad Land Grants
19What culture was adopted from Spanish vaqueros? (Day 37)
Cowboys
20What’s the name of a house built entirely out of mud? (Day 37)
Sodhouse
21What insect (who is now extinct) turned the skies into black for hours, which was comprised of a swarm of up to 12.5 trillion of them? (Day 37)
Rocky Mountain Locusts
22Who developed the frontier thesis that dictated that American character was shaped by the frontier? (Day 37)
Frederick Jackson Turner
23What developments were made within the Second Industrial Revolution? (Day 38)
Transportation and communication networks, electric power, and industrial research
24Who patented the telephone in 1876? (Day 38)
Alexander Graham Bell
25Who invented the lightbulb (also includes the record player, motion picture and a storage battery)? (Day 38)
Thomas Edison
26Name a method used to dominate new industries (a method that has one company in control of every other company that competes with it) (Day 38)
Horizontal Integration
27Name a method used to dominate industries (a method that has a company controlling all the processes that go into making their product) (Day 38)
Vertical Integration
28Who was the first American female self-made billionaire, who’s company sold cosmetics and hair products for African American women? (Day 38)
Madame CJ Walker
29Who bought out smaller train companies to build a powerful rail network? (Day 38)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
30When was oil discovered in Pennsylvania? (Day 38)
1859
31Who built a company that controlled almost all of oil refining in America around 1879? (Day 38)
John D. Rockefeller
32Name a method of consolidation (a method in which a trustee manages the companies of another) (Day 38)
Trust
33Bame a method of consolidation (a method in which one company controls other companies as a result of them holding a majority of their stock) (Day 38)
Holding Company
34Who ran the largest steel manufacturer in the world? (Day 38)
Andrew Carnegie
35Who controlled many businesses, in which he would buy corporate stocks and sell them for profit? (Day 38)
J.P. Morgan
36What is the name of the second most widely read book in America? (a mail order catalog) (Day 38)
Sears catalog
37What is a capitalist theory of wealth that justified laissez-faire philosophy and the gap between the rich and the poor? (Day 38)
Social Darwinism
38Name a person who supported Social Darwinism (Day 38)
Herbert Spencer
39What is the name of Andrew Carnegie’s essay in which he showed his opinions on competition and what the wealthy should do with their money? (Day 38)
Gospel of Wealth
40What is the name of a town controlled by a company (in which they had company housing and stores)? (Day 39)
Company Town
41Name the contract that workers were forced to sign that dictated that they couldn’t join a union (Day 39)
Yelow Dog Contract
42State the term used to describe an organization of workers (Day 39)
Labor Union
43State the term used to describe the act of a union negotiating with management for better pay/working conditions (Day 39)
Collective Bargaining
44State the term used to describe the stopping of labor from Union members (Day 39)
Strike
45What did management do as a response to a strike? (Day 39)
Wait for union to give up, fire union workers and/or involving the government so they would stop the strike
46What were replacement workers called? (Day 39)
Scabs
47What is a labor theory of wealth that has the government control the means of production so that wealth could be redistributed from the rich to the poor? (Day 39)
Socialism
48What is a labor theory of wealth that aimed at eliminating government? (They believed that the government was an abusive device used by the rick to exploit the poor) (Day 39)
Anarchism
49What is a labor theory of wealth that involves the government owning all aspects of property so that everyone had the same amount? (Day 39)
Communism
50What is the name of the first major insterstate strike in U.S. history that left over 100 dead and millions in property destroyed? (Day 39)
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
51Name the union led by Terence Powderly who seeked major reforms in the workplace (such as eight hour work days and paper currency)? (Day 39)
Knights of Labor
52Name the incident that left a striker from the Knights of Labor dead, in which an anarchist group held a meeting to protest the killing, which led to a bomb being thrown at the police (this led to a widespread revulsion against the Knights of Labor (among other unions)) (Day 39)
Haymarket Square
53Name the association of skilled workers in craft unions that focused on concrete economic gains (led by Samuel Gompers)? (Day 39)
American Federation of Labor
54Name the strike that was led by the American Railway Union which tied up the entire railroad network and paralyzed the economy (Day 39)
Pullman Strike
55Name the first law put in place to restrict monopolies (aimed at stopping the American Railway Union) (Day 39)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
56Name the ex-leader of the American Railway Union who, after being put in jail for the Pullman Strike, led the American Socialist Party
Eugene Debs
57Name the person who led a march of child workers to try and put an end to child labor (Day 39)
Mother Jones
58Name the person who formed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first all black union (Day 39)
A. Philip Randolph
59What led to a growth of suburbs and economic segregation? (Day 40)
Cable Car and Subway
60What is known as overcrowded housing that is poorly ventilated, diseased, and possibly dangerous? (Day 40)
Tenement
61What is the term that refers to a political party being in control of city services? (Day 40)
Political Machine
62What term refers to the act of assisting immigrants in return for their votes? (Day 40)
Graft
63What facility is most known for engaging in graft? (Day 40)
Tammany Hall
64Who was famous for his political cartoons that exposed the corruption of Tammany Hall? (Day 40)
Thomas Nast
65What term denotes a popular destination for working class males? (Day 40)
Saloon
66What group fought against saloons? (Day 40)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
67What was given to America to commemorate not only the Declaration of Independence but the Franco-American alliance between both parties? (Day 40)
The Statue of Liberty
68What island was built as a reception center for immigrants? (Day 40)
Ellis Island
69What island is known as the west coast equivalent to Ellis Island? (The processed immigrants from China and Japan) (Day 40)
Angel Island
70What theory argued that immigrant culture mixed with the culture of those that are already here to create a new “American” culture? (Day 40)
The Melting Pot
71What act ended most Chinese immigration up to 1943? (Day 40)
Chinese Exclusion Act
72What group fought to end Chinese immigration? (Day 40)
Workingmen’s Party
73What facility popularized blackface minstrel shows? (Day 40)
Vaudeville
74Name the author that would write “rags to riches” stories that inspired many Americans and immigrants? (Day 40)
Horatio Alger