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| the site marking the completion of the greatest work of age, referring to the joining of the Central and Union Pacific railroads in 1869 |
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| the great Sioux leader who expressed the cultural differences between NA's and ambitious whites |
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| the near anniliation in 1864 of Black Kettle's Cheyenne Band by Colorado troops under Colonel John Chivington's orders to kill and scalp all, big and little |
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| Second Treaty of Fort Laramie |
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| the treaty acknowledging US defeat in the Great Sioux War in 1868 and supposedly guaranteeing the Sioux perpetual land and hunting rights in SD, Wyoming, and Montana |
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| battle in which Colonel Custer and the 7th cavalry were defeated by Sioux and Cheyennes under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in Montana 1876 |
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| the US Army’s brutal winter massacre in 1890 of at least 200 Sioux men, women, and children as part of the government’s assault on the tribe’s Ghost Dance religion |
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| an 1887 law terminating tribal ownership of land and allotting some parcels of land to individual Indians with the remainder opened for white settlement |
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| In order to build the transcontinental railroad, all were necessary except: |
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| The correct order of US gov policy towards Indians to earliest from most recent is: |
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| moving west, Indian reservations, allocating individual plots of land |
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| sight that triggered an eastward rush of miners from CA and Nevada |
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| man who selected Abiline, Kansas as a shipping point on the railroads west of the settled farming regions; which had lush grasslands for cattle |
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| the route followed by Texas cattle raisers driving their herds north to markets at Kansas railheads |
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| moving cattle to cow towns from east to west. |
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| We have seen a concentration of single, unattached males in all except: |
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| the chinese were excluded from working |
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| Corporate mining had a negative effect for all EXCEPT: |
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| Comparable experiences to America settling in the west may be found in: |
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| all answers- they overstocked, there were blizzards, there were droughts |
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| The cattle industry declined in the 1880s because: |
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| they secured subsidies from the gov. |
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| Ranchers responded to extreme conditions by all EXCEPT: |
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| 1862 law providing 160 acres of free land to anyone who would live on and farm the land for five years |
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| (the White Caps) a group angry over losing millions of acres of property, staged night raids and attacked property of farmers and railroads. Their goal was to “protect the right of the people in general and especially those of the helpless classes.” Their resistance had little success. |
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| brought letters, newspapers, magazines, and advertisements to farm families’ doorsteps, making helpful goods like stoves, sewing machines, and shoes available to farmers |
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| came with rural free delivery, selling helpful goods |
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| advertising and promotional campaigns |
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| settlement in the west was promoted most importantly by: |
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| at one time or another, farmers were faced by all the problems EXCEPT: |
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| farmers overcame initial problems of settling the GP by all EXCEPT: |
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| the primary villain according to the GP settlers wasL |
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| indians tried to gain back their lost culture and respect by: |
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| a person that led the machines, such as Democrat Richard Croker of NY |
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| device that controlled city politics and municipal government |
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| a respected third party still in existence that had persistently campaigned for the abolition of alcohol but has also introduced many important reform ideas into American politics |
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| a third party of the 1870s and 1880s that garnered temporary support by advocating currency inflation to expand the economy and assist debtors |
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| a major third party of the 1890s formed on the basis of the Farmers’ Alliance and other reform organizations |
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| state laws enacted in the Midwest in the 1870s that regulated rates charged by railroads, grain elevator operators, and other middlemen |
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| elitist and conservative reformers who favored sound money and limited government and opposed tariffs and the spoils system |
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| a leading reformer for women's suffrage |
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| people who fought for women's right to vote |
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| black voters were for the Dem. party |
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| Late 19th century politics were characterized by all EXCEPT: |
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| women were appalled at public politics and partisanship |
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| late 19th century politics were characterized by all EXCEPT: |
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| were the strongest in the south |
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| Democrats were likely to be the party that: |
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| republicans were the party of: |
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| elections between 1876-1892 were characterized by all EXCEPT: |
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| the doctrine that gov. should not intervene in the economy, especially though regulation |
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| politicians awarding gov. jobs to party workers |
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| Pendelton Civil Service Act |
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| law of 1883 that reformed the spoils system by prohibiting government workers from making political contributions and creating the Civil Service Commission to oversee their appointment on the basis of merit rather than politics |
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| raised tariff rates to high levels |
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| wished to reform the spoils system, assasinated as president (#20) |
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| became president after Garfield was assassinated, reformed the civil service |
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| the only president two serve two non consecutive terms (22 and 24), ignored the tariff problem as president |
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| indicated the importance of local issues and large campaign funds rather than great national issues as president, grandson of a president |
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| - the 1887 law that expanded federal power over business by prohibiting pooling and discriminatory rates by railroads and establishing the first federal regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission |
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| the first federal antitrust measure, passed in 1890; sought to promote economic competition by prohibiting business combinations in restraint of trade or commerce |
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| philosophy that the government should expand the money supply by purchasing and coining all the silver offered to it |
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| the role of the pres. in the 11th amendment |
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| party dominated politics and a limited gov |
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| Great men were not elected president because of: |
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| the spoils system can be praised because: |
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| it discouraged a broad spectrum of participants |
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| spoils system can be condemned for all EXCEPT: |
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| major issues dominating the national political arena were all EXCEPT: |
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| if the amount of currency increases: |
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| the group of people most likely to be helped by an increase in currency: |
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| a broad mass movement in the rural south and west during the late nineteenth century, encompassing several organizations and demanding economic and political reforms |
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| a leader of the Populist movement, who fought against monopolies |
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| a protest march of unemployed workers, led by Populist Jacob Coxey, demanding inflation and a public works program during the depression of the 1890s |
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| “the majestic man who was hurling defiance in the teeth of the money power,” nominated three times for president as a Democrat, was never elected |
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| gutted the Sherman Antitrust Act, ruled that manufacturing, as opposed to commerce, was beyond the reach of federal regulation |
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governor that emerged as a front runner Republican president nominee, his passion for high tariffs was the key to reviving prosperity. He reached out to workers by supporting labor legislation
(pres. #25)assassinated |
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| helped McKinley by providing financial backing and political management to his candidacy |
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| the inabiltiy to elect support of candidates |
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| Midwest farmers faced all the problems at the end of the 19th century EXCEPT: |
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| in 1892, the populist party stood for all except: |
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| they appealed to federal action |
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| Populists/Coxeyites are distinguished from previous reformers because: |
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| when a third party supports an issue, the major parties do as well |
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| third parties usually have difficulty rivaling the Rep/Dem parties because: |
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| an era in the US (roughly between 1900-1917) in which important movements challenged traditional relationships and attitudes |
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| a 1911 fire that killed 146 workers where the managers had locked the exits. The US had the highest rate of industrial accidents in the world |
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| urged churches and individuals to apply Christian ethics to social and economic problems |
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| journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils, so named by Theodore Roosevelt for its “raking the muck” of American society |
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| The Octopus by Frank Norris |
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| dramatized the Southern Pacific Railroad’s stranglehold on California farmers |
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| The Jungle by Upton Sinclair |
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| exposed the nauseating conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking industry |
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| promoted application of scientific management to government, society, and industry/this application of scientific method was the key to reform |
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| a proponent of scientific management, proposed to increase worker efficiency through imposed work routines, speedups, and mechanization. |
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| popular name for the members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
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| religious conservatives who believe in the literal accuracy and divine inspiration of the bible |
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| radically challenged the accepted views about the social role of women, she initiated the modern birth control movement |
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| Immigration Restriction League |
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| lobbied for a literacy test for admission on immigrants |
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| a ban of the production, sale, and consumption of liquor, achieved temporarily through state laws and the 18th amendment |
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| AA group organized in 1905 that promoted racial integration, civil and political rights, and equal acess to economic opportunity |
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| excessive military spending |
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| Progressives tried to reform all EXCEPT: |
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| The progressive movement was composed of all groups except: |
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| Progressives were composed of all groups EXCEPT: |
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| ending segregation in Washington |
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| All were progressive successes EXCEPT: |
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| Child labor was supported for all reasons EXCEPT: |
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| immigration from AFrican cities was overwhelming American cities |
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| .Unlimited immigration was opposed for all reasons EXCEPT: |
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| controlled by organised crime |
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| Prohibition was supported for all the reasons EXCEPT: |
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| 1920, established women citizens’ right to vote |
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| secret voting and the use of official ballots rather than party tickets |
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| procedure by which citizens can introduce a subject for legislation, usually through a petition signed by a specific number of voters |
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| submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct popular vote for approval or rejection |
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| the process of removing an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote |
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| in 1913 established the direct popular election of US senators |
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| turned Wisconsin into “the laboratory of democracy,” established direct primaries, railroad regulation ,first state income tax, etc. Pushed progressive programs into law |
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| the most prominent leader of the progressive movement, president |
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| the United Mine Workers Union walked off their jobs, demanded better rights as workers. The mine owners closed it and waited for the Union to collapse; Roosevelt invited the miners and the owners to the White House to settle differences |
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| became involved in a struggle with Richard Ballinger, Taft’s secretary of the interior when he challenged his role in a questionable sale of public coal lands in Alaska to a JP Morgan business, a forester |
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| federal agency established in 1902 providing public funds for irrigation projects in arid regions |
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| a holding company organized by JP Morgan to control the railroad network of the NW |
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| authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates |
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| president after Roosevelt who led to a Republican political disaster |
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| in 1913 authorized a federal income tax |
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| elected president in 1912/1916, mediated among differing progressive views to achieve a strong reform program and other successes |
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| TR’s 1912 program calling for a strong national government to foster, regulate, and protect business, industry, workers, and consumers |
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| WW’s program for limited gov. intervention in the economy to restore competition by curtailing the restrictive influences of trusts and protective tariffs, thereby providing opportunities for individual achievement |
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| the 1913 reform law that lowered tariff rates and levied the first regular federal income tax |
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| 1913 law that revised banking and currency by extending limited government regulation through the creation of the Federal Reserve System |
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| Federal Traded Commission |
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| government agency established in 1914 to provide regulatory oversight of business activity |
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| prohibited unfair trade practices and sharply restricted holding companies |
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| prohibited the interstate shipment of products made through child labor |
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| “the people’s lawyer,” successfully defend protective labor legislation and was the first Jew nominated to the Supreme Court. |
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