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by what year did most American Indians lived west of the MS river
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1850
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the gov. established what to manege reservations, treaties, ect
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Bereau of indian Affars
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what where the plane indians
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aropaho,cheyenne, comanche, and sioux
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why did the plaines indians refuse to live in reservation
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they were nomadic
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what battle happened in 1864. how many were killed. and who
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sandcreek, 200, women and children
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Little bighorn happened in what year and who died.
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1876 us general Custer
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what does assimilating mean
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to merge into another culture. cultural absorption of American indians for another ethnic group in the "white American"
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by_______1880, US gov. controlled half billion acres of what
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indian lands
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who wrote a century of dishonor. what year, and what did it criticize.
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Helen hunt jackson,1881. she criticized the gov. for its years of broken promises, and mistreatment of NA
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where were the nez perce indians
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idaho, nertheastern oregon and parts of washington state
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who was the leader of the Nex perce
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Cheif joseph
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who was Geronimo
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apache leader who fled his reservation he as followers raided settlements in AZ and Mexico
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what day did Geronimo give up
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Sept. 4 1886
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what days was the leader of the sioux killed. what was his name
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sitting bull, dec. 15, 1890
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what happened during the massacre at wounded knee
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on Dec. 28 1890 it was a fight bt the sioux and us to avenge death. 300 sioux die 30 soldiers die.
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the Gilded age was named by
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Mark twain and charles Dudley warned in the book The Gilded Age: a Tale of today 1873. period from 1870-1900
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what made it the gilded age
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the gov. was filled with corruption and scandal
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what does laissez faire mean
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hands off
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Republican maintained the presidency from what year to what year
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1868-1912
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Democrats controlled what
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congress and state legislature
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who were in the democratic bloc
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white southerners, catholics, recent immigrants, urban working poor, most farmers
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who were in the republican bloc
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most of all the middle class, northern whites, african americans, norther protestants,
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what are political machines
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unofficial city organizations designed to keep particular party or group in power
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what were knick back
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promising a job contract to a company, hiking the price of the job and then receiving a protion of the earnings,
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what are graft funds.
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illegal acquired through dishonorable behavior earnings
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Election of 1876
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Ruther b. hayes. Rep
Samuel Tilden. Democrat |
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Tilden won what votes
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popular votes
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the compromise of 1877
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it was held to determen who won the election of 1876.Democrats regained control the south. the reconstuction in the south officially ended on may 1, 1877
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what's the spoil system
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the system cycled in and out of government through presidencies form Jefferson to grant. spoils are like rewards
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Hayes's presidency marked the beginning of what
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Civil service reform
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what were the Stalwarts
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conservative Republicans who opposed Civil servide Reform
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Who were the half breeds
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Moderate faction for republicans who supported civil service reform
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presidential election of 1880 candidates
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Democrat. Winfild S. Handield (P) William english (VP)
Rep. James Garfield (P) chester A Arthur (vp) |
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what is a tariff
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tax on imported goods used primarily to protect young american industries
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who wanted high tariffs and who wanted low
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Rep. high
Dem. low |
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who wins the presidential election of 1880
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Garfield
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where, when, who shot Gardfield
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railroad station, in DC, on July 2. 1881 at 9:30 am by Charles Gutaue
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what did Charles Gutaue use to shoot the pres.
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.44 British Bulldog
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what killed garfield
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doctor's un sanitized fingers and un sterilized instruments into the wound
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when did garfield die
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sep 19 1881
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why did guiteau shoot the pres
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guiteau thought that civil services reform would end under aurther
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what was the significance of garfield's death
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congress changed spoil system
arthur changed course and focused on creation a modern civil service system |
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what was the result of a modern civil service system
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the pendleton act of 1883
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what was the pendleton act
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an exam for applicant of gov. jobs classified as civil services position
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what was arthur's lasting legacy6
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pendleton act, he also wanted to lower tariff, congress compromise the mongrel tariff 1883 reducing tax by 1.5%
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people worked
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10-14 hrs a day 7 days a week
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what were the working conditions
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they were dangerous and abusive
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the industrial workers earned how much
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400-500 a year
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why were children employed
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to move btw the dangerous machines as they were small enough to fit btw tightly packed machines
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Labor Union used what to improve conditions that they felt were demeaning to the working class. were they peace full if not give example.
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strikes, yes, some did turn violent like the railroad strike of 1877
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what were lock outs
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employers would shut down factories
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what were scabs
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employers would fire the workers and replace them, the one's that were the replacement were called scabs
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what were yellow dog contracts
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workers were forced to agree to take part in any labor action
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knights of labour
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formed in 1869
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what was the rail road strike of 1877
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strike spread to NY, pittsburgh, st. louis, kansas, city , chicago, and san francisco. federal troops were used to stop the stike. 100 plp had died
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what was the most violent labor management strike
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the strike of 1877. railroad strike
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what's capitalism
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it provided businesses to run most industries competition drives the cost of good wager of workers
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what is laissez faire
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let alone, hands off, non gov. intervention in the economy
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what is communism
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its individual ownership of property should not be allowed property and mean of production ore owned by everyone
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who was herbert spencer
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he proposed social darwinism , society progresses through natural competion
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what are trusts
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group of companies turn control of their stock over to a common board of trustees
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what are monopoly
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when a trust gets exclusive control of an industry marked by little to completion. company has almost complete control over the price and quality of a product
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who did us policies favored
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industrialists, not workers bc big business owners formed monopolies
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what is the Sherman anti trust act
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it s the congress response to Americans demands. it passed in 1890. it outlawed all monopolies and trusts that restrained trade
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what were the first monopolies in American
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the Rail roads
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what is horizontal integration
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its a stagey used by a business or corporation that seeks to sell one type of product in numerous markets. Horizontal integration occurs when one company gain control over other companies producing the same product
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example os horizontal integration
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Rockefeller's Standard oil company
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what is vertical integration
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the process in which several steps in the production and or distribution of a product or service are controlled by a single company or entity
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example of vertical integration
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carnegie steel company
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what are the 3 groups that face minority during the late 19th century
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Native Americans, African American, and women
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what is the jim crow laws
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state and local segregation laws enacted mostly in the south in the period 1876-1965
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Most women who worked were
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single and btw. 16 and 24
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how much were women paid.
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3-5 less a week than men,
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who was Susan B. Anthony
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she spend over 40 years traveling American and appearing before congress , pushing women's of America.
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when did the Chinese Exclusion act passed in..
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1882
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What was the first immigration law passed in the U.S. targeted at a specific ethnic group
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Chinese Exclusion ACt
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