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american history
1st 9 wks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1890 was the year of what battle? | wounded knee |
| plessey v. Ferguson was in what year? | 1896 |
| the dawes act was in what year? | 1887 |
| Killing off the buffalo happens for all the following reasons except? | buffalo wings became a national wings became a national craze |
| by 1900, this many transcontinental rail roads were operating in the great west: | four |
| This 1890 battle, sparked by the ghost dancing cult was the last time the US army slaughters large numbers of indians | battle of wounded knee |
| up to 1/4 of cowboys were? | mexican and african americans |
| the following is not true of women's rights in this era? | despite some advances for women, they were still not allowed to vote or old office in western states |
| Find the false statement concerning the dawes act? | freely allowed the indians to continue to practice their tribal customs like their religon and hunting the buffalo |
| other than commmunicable & infectious diseases, this was probably most responsible for the destruction of the plains indian culture | The near extinction of the buffalo |
| most blacks adopted this black leaders more passive method of accommodation as a responsible to rising tide of legal & social repression of blacks | booker t washington |
| who were the majority of farmers in the south in this period? (1877-1905) | tenant farmers or sharecroppers |
| which isnt true of the melting pot theory toward immigration in this era 1870-1910 | was used as a rationale for placing quotas on immigration |
| trust was a collection of bm under 1 man or a few man, that usually results in the domination of a particular market & is created us being 1st perfected & used extensively by which of the following buisnessmen | john d rockefeller |
| all of the following inventors had something to do w/applied science improvements in communications during the 19th century except | henry ford |
| the attitude of gov't & bus. in the US in the 19th century towards regulation, taxes & restraint could best be described as | lassiez faire |
| rockefeller=oil, j.p. morgan= | banking investment |
| it was a good time to be an industrialist in this era for all the following reasons except(false statement) | the dem. party won the presidency for almost all this period (1870-1900) and was thus able to maintain a high protective tax on competitive imports |
| which of the following wasnt true of john d rockefeller | he eventually buys the vanderbilts, out thus controlling all rail traffic in and out of NY |
| all of the following is true of chinese immig. in the late 19th centry except | their main processing center was ellis island |
| which isnt true of the ICA act | banned further use of chinese labor to build rail roads in the west |
| which isnt of the pendleton civil service | states took the lead in est. civil service tests to fill gov't jobs and the fed.gov't copies them by passing pendleton |
| which isnt true of the chinese exclusion act | passed in 1892 |
| the following isnt true of the sherman anti trust act | is a baby step until the nativist eventually persuade a maj. of amer. to passe server quotas for immig. in 1900, effectively shutting leagal immig. down |
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