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2009 midterm rev
Valles US Hist
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sitting Bull | Souix leader who defeated Custer at the battle of the Little Bighorn |
| Massacare at Wounded Knee | When Indians left the reservation to participate inthe Ghost Dance |
| Homestead Act | Created to populate the west, settlers were given 160 acres of land if they farmed it for 5 yrs. |
| Barbed wire | Invented by Joseph Glidden, helped to end the Open range |
| Dawes General Allotment Act | Required reservation land be divided amongst Indian males, goal to make them into farmers |
| Trust | Where a board controls a group of companies, TR attemped to "Bust Bad Trusts" |
| Gospel of Wealth | The belief that the wealthy had a moral obligation to help the less fortunate |
| Andrew Carnegie | Robber Baron/Capitan of industry who founded U.S. Steel |
| Social Darwinism | The belief that applied Darwins theory, that the (wealthy) strong would succede while the weak (Poor) would be a burden |
| Haymarket Square Riot/Bombing | When anarchist expolded a bomb killing 7 police, and the Knights of Labor were blamed damaging them |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Linked the east and west by railway which helped people migrate west |
| Corporations | companies that raised funds through the sale of stocks with limited liability |
| Thomas Edison | The Wizzard of Menlo Park, invented the light bulb and first electrical power plant |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Railroad tycoon, who became powerful throught the purchasing of railroad companies |
| Old / New Immigrants | Old Immigrants came from mainly western Europe and were more welcomed. New Immigrants came from soutern, eastern, and central Europe and were less welcomed |
| Jane Addams | Foubder of Hull House a settlement house that assisted immigrants in the cities |
| Samuel Gompers | Founder of the American Federation of Labor, which seldom went against management |
| Social Gospel | Belief that applied Christain priciples in assisting the poor |
| Yellow Journalism | Sensational reporting to attract readers and to persuade. Played a role in the Spanish-American War |
| Ragtime | New upbeat music based on African music, Scott Joplin was known as the "King of Ragtime." |
| Political machines | ran by political bosses, they assiated immigrants in return for their votes |
| Wiliam Marcy Tweed | Leader of the Tammany Hall which cheated the city of New York out of millions |
| Thomas Nast | Political cartoonist that brought down the Tweed Ring abd also created the political mascot of the donkey and elephant |
| Gilded Age | The late 19th century, a term coined by Mark Twain due to the corruption beneath an outer appearnce of prosperity |
| Populist | begun in the west by the Grange movement, goals to regulate RR, Banks, a graduated tax sys, Free coinage, and direct electionof senators |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | Passed to eliminate the "Spoils Sys" required testing for certain Civil Service jobs |
| National Grange | Began as a social group but turned political when farmers were being cheated by RR, banks and poor money circulation |
| William Jenngings Bryan | Gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech that promoted free silver |
| Interstate Commerce Act | controlled Railroad rates and goods crossing state lines |
| Progressivism | urban movement to assist the poor workers, corrupt governments, living standards of crowded cities |
| Muckrakers | Journaist that exposed corrupt business and social problems |
| Traingle Shirtwaist Fire | Made worse by locked doors, crowed unsafe working conditions, the deaths of the young women led to New York creating the strictest fire codes |
| Socialism | Political idea that the government should own basic utility comapanies and companies that served all |
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