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97 Cards in this Set
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What 2 essential items helped facilitate the emergence of a national and international markets for US goods and services |
Transportation systems and natural resources |
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Why was a transcontinental railroad not built before the civil war
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Bc north and south congressmen clashed over choosing routes |
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Who built the 1st transcontinental railroad |
Union Pacific and central Pacific |
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What the electric motor made possible |
Dramatically increased the power, speed, and efficiency of machinery |
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Who invented the 1st lightbulb |
Thomas Edison |
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What rush was more important than the Cali gold rush |
The oil rush |
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Which company was successful due to its use of vertical integration |
Carnegie steel co |
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Why were trusts like Rockefeller standard oil vulnerable |
Intense criticism, anti-trust act |
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Know about Carnegie in steel industry |
Largest co in world/vertical and horizontal integration/ |
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Which of the industrial giants came from an elite family |
J. P Morgan |
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How did people fare in the gilded age |
Rich got richer poor got poorer |
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Why was child labor problematic |
They got little to no education and it was dangerous |
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What provoked the great railroad strike of 1877 |
Wage cuts |
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How did the great railroad strike of 1877 end |
Prez Hayes sent fed troops, workers returned to work |
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What union group said both men and women should receive equal pay |
Knights of labor |
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What union was influential in getting congress to enact an 8 hour work day for fed employees |
National labor union |
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Who was blamed for the haymarket affair |
7 Anarchist Leaders (Louis Lingg) |
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Differences between AFL and knights of labor |
AFL was a fed of many separate unions not just one |
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Pinkertons |
Sent by frick to protect fort frick/ 14 hour battle/ surrendered |
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Why did violence erupt at the homestead works in 1892 |
Frick sent pinkertons to stop the protest |
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Why were mailcars connected to Pullman cars during the Pullman strike |
To ensure the delivery of the Pullman cars |
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How did prez Cleveland respond to the Pullman strike |
Sent fed troops |
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What entity did executives use to fight unions |
Strike breakers |
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Who is associated with hull house |
Jane Addams |
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New south gospel |
Union and freedom/ democracy/ Henry Woodfin Grady/ industrial sector |
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Why did the south loose the civil war |
They relied too much on cotton and slaves |
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What company dominated the US tobacco industry by the 20th Century |
American tobacco company |
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Why did king cotton survive the civil war |
Crop lien system/ they relied on it |
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What was one major thing the post war south needed |
Housing |
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The redeemers |
White democrats/ industrial progress/ white supremacy/ cut school funding/ diversified economy |
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What Plan stopped blacks voting rights |
Mississippi plan |
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What act of 1875 was declared unconstitutional |
Civil rights act |
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Why didn’t the very poor migrate west |
They couldn’t afford it |
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How did the exodusters get their name |
Bc they were making their exodus from the south |
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What % of cowboys were black |
25% |
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What was a 49er |
Prospectors in the 1849 gold rush |
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What is known as a mining discovery of gold and silver in Nevada |
Comstock lode |
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What allowed white emigrants to travel on the trails of plains Indians unmolested |
Fort Laramie treaty |
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How did congress believe the best way to end the Indian wars |
Civilizing nomadic indians by moving them to out of the way fed reserves |
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Battle of Little Bighorn |
Sioux and Cheyenne tribes defeated and killed Custer/ cause prez to abandon peace policy and send more troops |
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Which tribe is known to defeat Custer and resist the US domination |
Sioux and Cheyenne |
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Which chief believed that it was time to stop fighting and to put a stop to His people’s deaths |
Joseph of Nez Perce |
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Which book affected American attitudes toward Indians similar to how uncle toms cabin did for the abolitionist movement |
A century of dishonor |
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What act sought to Americanize the natives by dealing with them as individuals |
Dawes severalty act |
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What was Abilene Kansas known for |
1st successful cow town |
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What helped spread the cattle business across Texas and the plains |
Railroads |
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Who perfected the barbed wire |
Joseph gildden |
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Why did congress pass the homestead act |
To encourage western settlement |
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What reported that the frontier era was over |
The 1890 National census |
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Why is turners frontier Thesis problematic |
He ignored women, African Americans, natives, Hispanics, and Asians |
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What allowed developers to build high rise buildings |
Open cast iron and steel frame construction techniques |
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What allowed large numbers of people to become commuters and live away from the central city |
Horse drawn streetcars and commuter railways and trolleys |
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Why did congress pass the homestead act |
To encourage western settlement |
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What provided for appointment to a number of gov jobs based on exams |
Pendleton civil service reform act |
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Where most immigrants cams from after the 1890s |
Southern and Eastern Europe |
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Where is Ellis island |
New York |
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What was the 1st fed law that restricted immigration on the basis of race and class |
Chinese exclusion act |
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Chinese immigrants were originally excluded for how long |
10 years |
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Where could you find mugwamps |
Large cities and major universities in the northeast |
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What was created to regulate railroads |
Interstate commerce commission |
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What were saloons used for |
For men to check job postings/ cash checks/ read/ gossip/ play/ homeless/ labor union activities |
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19th century women free time |
Cinema |
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What Supreme Court case upheld the right of state and local gov to regulate industry essential to the public interest |
Munn vs Illinois |
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What reported that the frontier era was over |
The 1890 National census |
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Farmers alliance and granger differences |
Farmers alliance emphasized political action and economic cooperation |
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Why is turners frontier Thesis problematic |
He ignored women, African Americans, natives, Hispanics, and Asians |
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What allowed developers to build high rise buildings |
Open cast iron and steel frame construction techniques |
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What allowed large numbers of people to become commuters and live away from the central city |
Horse drawn streetcars and commuter railways and trolleys |
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What does the phrase Gilded Age imply |
Greed and vulgarity |
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What was known to have a higher death rate than those of the genera pop |
Kids |
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What contributed to epidemics and diseases in cities |
Dirty water and little space |
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What did roscoe conkling lead |
The Stewarts (a republican faction fighting for control of the party) |
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Water related diseases |
Cholera, typhoid fever, yellow fever |
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Why did congress pass the homestead act |
To encourage western settlement |
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What provided for appointment to a number of gov jobs based on exams |
Pendleton civil service reform act |
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Where most immigrants cams from after the 1890s |
Southern and Eastern Europe |
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Where is Ellis island |
New York |
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What was the 1st fed law that restricted immigration on the basis of race and class |
Chinese exclusion act |
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Chinese immigrants were originally excluded for how long |
10 years |
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Where could you find mugwamps |
Large cities and major universities in the northeast |
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What was created to regulate railroads |
Interstate commerce commission |
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What were saloons used for |
For men to check job postings/ cash checks/ read/ gossip/ play/ homeless/ labor union activities |
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19th century women free time |
Cinema |
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What Supreme Court case upheld the right of state and local gov to regulate industry essential to the public interest |
Munn vs Illinois |
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What reported that the frontier era was over |
The 1890 National census |
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Farmers alliance and granger differences |
Farmers alliance emphasized political action and economic cooperation |
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The failure of Philadelphia and reading railroads helped cause what |
Panic of 1893 |
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What phrase did Herbert spencer coin |
Survival of the fittest (social Darwinism) |
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Why was Lester wards dynamic sociology considered a challenge to social Darwinism |
He focused on cooperation |
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Why is turners frontier Thesis problematic |
He ignored women, African Americans, natives, Hispanics, and Asians |
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What allowed developers to build high rise buildings |
Open cast iron and steel frame construction techniques |
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What allowed large numbers of people to become commuters and live away from the central city |
Horse drawn streetcars and commuter railways and trolleys |
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What does the phrase Gilded Age imply |
Greed and vulgarity |
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What was known to have a higher death rate than those of the genera pop |
Kids |
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What contributed to epidemics and diseases in cities |
Dirty water and little space |
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What did roscoe conkling lead |
The Stewarts (a republican faction fighting for control of the party) |
