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History
Unit 6: Innovation, Greed, and Corruption from 1870-1920
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what did the Dawes Act state | 1.) gave reservation land to individual native Americans 2.) the government would sell the remainder of the reservation to settlers 3.) the income would be used by Native Americans |
| how much money was given to Native Americans for the sale of their land | none |
| who was killed at the Battle of Wounded Knee | 300 mostly unarmed Native Americans |
| what positive effects did the railroads have for the American economy | 1.) iron, coal, steel lumber and glass industries grew rapidly 2.) fostered the growth of towns 3.) helped establish new markets |
| what is vertical integration | a process in which he bought out his supplies in order to control the raw materials and transportation system |
| what is horizontal integration | companies producing similar products merge |
| what is a merger | when one corporation bought out the stock of another |
| what is a monopoly | complete control over its industries production, wages, and prices |
| in order to protest working condition workers joined unions and used strikes, the most popular American union was the American Federation of Labor (AFL), what did AFL win with successful strikes | higher wages and shorter workweeks |
| why did European immigrants come to America | 1.) to escape religious persecution 2.) to escape political persecution 3.) to escape poverty |
| how did native born Americans view immigrants | 1.) disliked the immigrants unfamiliar customs and languages 2.) view them as a threat to the American way of life |
| what does the term melting pot mean | a mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs |
| did immigrants wish to give up their cultural identities | no |
| who coined the term "The Gilded Age" | Mark Twain |
| what is a political machine | an organization who trades something for votes |
| who was at the top of the pyramid for political machines | city boss |
| what fed the growth of suburbs | trains, steel, jobs |
| when did Booker T. Washington believe that racism would end | once African Americans acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic values to society |
| what did Tuskegee University aim to equip African Americans with | teaching diplomas and useful skills in argircultural, domestic, or mechanical work. "No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem" |
| what did W.E.B. Du Bois say African Americans should focus their efforts towards equality on | African Americans should seek a liberal arts education so that the African American community would have well educated leaders |
| what did Du Bois call the group of educated African Americans he felt should attempt to achieve immediate inclusion into the mainsteream American life | talented tenth |
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