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social studies
social studies 13-14 chapter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| People who plowed the soil on the plains and would eventually lose their homestead due to drought, wind erosion, and over use of land | Sodbusters |
| The territory was part of the boom or bust period during the 1880's thanks to gold and copper, but they became states when Congress divided the area into Montana, North and South Dakota in 1889 | Dakota Territory |
| Congress, in an effort to promote agriculture and manufacturing, granted land graants to individual states in the agreement they would build, fund, and maintain a college | Morrill Act 1862 |
| Popular cattle trail used between 1867-1871 that ended in Abilene, Kansas | Chisholm Trail |
| Custer and the 7th Calvary were slaughtered by the Lakota and Cheyenne Indian tribes. Over 2,500 warriors took part in the largest assembly of warriors in history | Battle of Little Big Horn |
| A religious leader who was also the war chief of the Lakota Sioux. He lured military soldiers into a trap and killed 80 soldiers at once | Crazy Horse |
| For a $10 registration fee an individual could file for a homestead for up to 160 acres. The title to the land became Theirs if they lived there for 5 years | Homestead Act |
| An area that includes West Texas to the Dakotas and as far West as the Rocky Mountains | Great plains |
| Prospector in the gold rush who found silver in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada | Henry Comstock |
| A performer who created a show that toured the West called the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Famous performers included Annie Oakley and re-enactments of Custer's last stand | Buffalo Bill |
| passed by Congress, allowed the distribution of farming land to adults. Once the land had been distributed, any remaining land would be sold and proceeds distributed to Native Americans. Eventually this plan failed due to many reasons | Dawes Act 1887 |
| The last territory opened up for settlement was OK. Over 10,000 people rushed for settlements within hours. | Oklahoma Land Rush 1889 |
| Lakota chief who faced George Armstrong Custer in 1876 who performed a ritual "Sun Dance" that helped his people win a victory over Custer. His people before eventually being forced back onto the reservations they were hoping to flee. Eventually killed by | Sitting bull |
| Thousands of Open range cattle that were native to the West, longhorns for example, were rounded up and herded by cowboys to be sold in other states. | Long drive |
| Commander of the 7th Calvary who underestimated the fighting capabilities of the Indians and was killed in the battle at Little Bighorn | George Custer |
| invented the telephone in 1876 and organized the Bell Telephone Co. that would become AT&T | Alexander Graham bell |
| drilled the first oil well in 1859 near Titusville, Pa | Edwin Drake |
| supporters of this business idea believe the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect the private property rights and maintain peace | Laissez faire |
| signed into law in 1862 by president Lincoln, it provided for the construction of a trans continental railroad by 2 companies: the union and central Pacific | Pacific railway act |
| created the first rail car for passenger car | George Pullman |
| an investor who used the Bessemer process to produce steel and then came up with vertical integration to make his steel companies even more successful. He also became one of the richest men in history as a result | Andrew Carnegie |
| created the assembly line in order to mass produce his car the model t | Henry Ford |
| Serbian American inventor and engineer who discovered and patented the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating current machinery. He also developed the three phase system of electric power transmission | Nikola Tesla |
| in 1872 a scandal broke out that included members of Congress and even a future President, James Garfield. To give the railroads more land grants. | credit mobilizer scandal |
| the most famous inventor of the late 1800's. Lived in NJ and invented the phonograph (record player ), lightbulb, battery, Dictaphone, and the motion picture. Supplied electric power to NY city by the company he created GE | Thomas Edison |
| first to invent the gasoline powered car | Charles and Frank Duryea |
| Creator of the worlds first pipeline for transporting oil, Rockefeller would go on to create the Standard Oil Company which owned 90% of the oil in the U.S. He became one of the richest men in history as a result | John D Rockefeller |
| Wilbur and Orville were brothers who were the first to invent a manned flying machine which they flew at kitty hawk NC on the beach | Wright brothers |
| Once a famous steam shipbuilder who consolidated the railroads and became one of the richest men in history. Combined RR into a direct service from NY to Chicago | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| the final spike that connected the East to the West rails of the Transcontinental Railroad was in Utah. It now rests in a museum in Ca. | Golden Spike |
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