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Am Hist Ch 16
Inventors, Gilded Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did Jane Addams help working mothers in Chicago slums? | She established Hull House as a nursery and a job-training school |
| What is a "strike"? | a work stoppage |
| What did the Pendleton Act do? | The Pendleton Act established competitive exams for civil servants |
| What are tenements? | crowded apartment buildings |
| What major disaster established the American Red Cross as a peacetime relief agency? | Johnstown Flood of 1889 |
| What state was the site of the last major land rush? | Oklahoma |
| Where was gold discovered in the Colorado Territory? | Pike's Peak |
| What is the Comstock Lode? | A large vein of silver and gold discovered by Henry Comstock near Lake Tahoe |
| The Black Hills were considered by the Sioux to be __?__ | sacred land of the gods |
| What were many Indian braves convinced that the Ghost Dance gave them? | Immunity to bullets |
| Why did Mark Twain refer to the end of the 19th century as the Gilded Age? | He believed that as the gilding process imitated costly gold, so did the corruption of culture, politics and commerce cheaply imitate a strong foundation for society. |
| What was the main idea of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise speech? | Black Americans should aim for economic equality before aiming for political equality. |
| What is the name of the farmer's alliance which began as a social organization and quickly turned into a political organization? | The Grange |
| What type of laws did the Grange attempt to pass? | Laws which regulated railroad shipping rates. |
| What was the name of the battle in which Wyatt Earp and his brothers killed outlaw gunmen? | Battle at the O.K. Corral |
| Where was the O.K. Corral? | Tombstone, Arizona |
| What is the name of the political movement which proposed bigger government regulation of commerce? | Populist Movement |
| What is one hazard of Progressive Movement of the early 1900s? | The idea that government can solve problems better than individual choice in the free market. |
| What Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation? | Plessy v Ferguson |
| "Separate but equal" is the idea behind __?__ | racial segregation |
| What baseball player became an evangelist? | Billy Sunday |
| What evangelist is considered to be the foremost preacher of the Second Great Awakening? | D.L. Moody |
| What lawyer became an evangelist and is associated with the Second Great Awakening? | Charles Finney |
| What Amendment established a federal income tax? | Amendment 16 |
| Who attacked General Custer at Little Big Horn? | Crazy Horse and a band of Sioux Indians |
| Who led the expedition to the North Pole? | Robert Peary |
| Who is the author of the poem, "The New Colossus", which is found at the base of the Statue of Liberty? | Emma Lazarus |
| Who is the author of "O Captain, My Captain!" | Walt Whitman |
| What "Hoosier" poet wrote "When the Frost is on the Punkin'"? | James Whitcomb Riley |
| Winslow Homer is known for his paintings depicting rural life and ___?___ | the sea |
| Who is the blind hymn writer whose works include "Blessed Assurance"? | Fanny Crosby |
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