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HIST 11 FINAL 2016
Mr. Stickler's HIST 11 1st Semester Final Flashcards 2016
Question | Answer |
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What did the Pacific Railway Act do/provide for? | That a railway system be built that connected eastern and western states. |
How did the settlement of the west help to accelerate industrial growth in the late 1800's? | There was an abundance of natural resources in the west that could be used to build houses & industry. We didn't have to buy these resources since we already had them! |
What happened during the Homestead Strike of 1892? | The owner of the steel mill there proposed a 20% pay cut to employees, then he locked them out of the mill. Detectives from Pinkerton Security had to protect strike breakers from striking workers. |
Explain what happened during the Haymarket Riots of 1886. | 3,000 people gathered in Haymarket Square to hear speeches as the meeting was ending, someone threw a bomb into the crowd, killing 1 police officer & wounding others; workers shot back & 100 people were injured. |
List the two (2) parts of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that we learned about in class. | 1.) Chinese were barred from immigrating to the U.S. for 10 years; 2.) It prevented the Chinese who were already in the U.S. from becoming citizens. |
What was the Mayflower Compact? | The first set of laws written in North America. |
What is a proprietary colony? | A colony owned by an individual who could run it any way they wanted - appointing officials, coining money, imposing taxes, and raising an army. (Pg. 11) |
What does the term "popular sovereignty" mean? | "Rule by the people." (Pg. 37) |
What was the "Triangular Trade"? | The exchange of goods among the 13 Colonies, England, and Africa. (Pg. 16) |
What were two (2) of the main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | 1.) Congress did not have the power to levy taxes; 2.) Congress could not regulate trade between the states. (Pg. 35) |
What was the "emancipation proclamation"? | It was a document, written by President Abraham Lincoln, that freed all of the slaves that were in "states that (were) in rebellion" after Jan. 1, 1863. |
What states were not addressed by the "emancipation proclamation"? | States that the "emancipation proclamation" did not address were border states. These were slave states that did not secede from the Union: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, & Missouri. |
List two (2) things that Radical Republicans wanted in government. | 1. Wanted the Republican party to be the dominant party of the South; 2. Prevent the leaders from the Confederacy from returning to power. (Pg. 140) |
What did the 14th Amendment call for? | 1. granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.; 2. Declared that no state could deprive a person of "life, liberty, or property without due process of the law"; 3.States can't deny any person "equal protection of the laws". |
What were the AFL's 3 main goals? | 1. Convince companies to recognize unions; 2. Push for closed shops; 3. Promotion of an 8 - hour work day. |
What is a "holding company"? | "Holding companies that do not produce anything itself. Instead, it owns the stock of companies that do produce goods." |
What is a "vertically integrated" company? | They own all of the different businesses on which it depends for its operation. (Instead of paying other companies for them.) |
What is "horizontal integration" where companies are concerned? | "Combining firms in the same business into one large corporation." |
According to the video we watched in class, why were time zones created? | To help U.S. businesses by standardizing time. This helped businesses communicate about shipments of goods and agree on terms of delivery for them. |