APUSH chapters 15, 16, and 17 test reveiw
Who was the principal target of Thomas Nast's cartoons and what did these cartoons show?
father of the American cartoons; focused on corruption segregation
The Dawes Act of 1887...
regulated land rights
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was aimed primarily at...
regulating the railroad industry
The Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that...
separate but equal is constitutional
In the mid 1800's the open-range cattle industry declined as a result of...
settlement, railroads, and farmers
What was the significant in 1866 about a massive joint cattle drive from TX to Missouri?
showed you could make huge profits off of cattle
William Cody's Wild West shows...
showed/romanticized the west (shooting, riding, roping)
The Comstock Lode primarily produced...
silver, gold, iron, and large mining industry
"Waving the bloody shirt" was the name given to the practice of...
using sympathy to draw votes from republicans
What were some of Rockefeller's beliefs when it came to businesses?
1)Cut throat competition is bad 2) Trust/consolidation is good
What inventions were Thomas Eddison famous for?
1)Photograph 2)Modern lightbulb
Know the differences between the 13th 14th and 15th amendments
13th- ended slavery 14th- all males get equal protection under law
What happened in 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota?
Sue Indians massacred when one would not give up a weapon
What late 19th century technological inventions drew women out of the home and into the workforce?
Switch board/textile industry
How did John D. Rockefeller make his millions?
Consolidation and oil
What is the significance of the 1876 battle of Little Big Horn?
Indians beat Custer off an American attack
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882...
1) Banned all Chinese immigration for 12 years 2) Banned those in the country from becoming citizens
Know the basic ideas expressed by Andrew Carnegie in his Gospel of Wealth
1) Profit should become trust funds 2) Trust funds are used to better the community
Know at least 4 millionaires who made their fortunes through railroads
1) Stanford 2) Carnegy 3) Vanderbuilt 4) Hill 5) Huntington 6) Govid
Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
AJ breached the office act
What caused the decimation of the American buffalo herds in the 19th century?
American military used guns to exterminate the Natives most valued animal
How did large trusts like Standard Oil justify their economic domination of industry?
The best can create a better and cheaper product for all
Vertical Integration
buy out all your supplies
Horizontal Integration
buy out your competition
In 1865, a number of southern states passed Black Codes in order to...
enforce racial segregation, curtail the power of black voters, and limit black rights
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
federal troops were removed from the south
The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized...
first successful national labor union
What things did Freedmen's Bureau provide for former slaves?
food, shelter, medical care, education, land, ect...
Government subsidies for the building of transcontinental railroads during the 19th century mainly took the form of...
land plots and large cash payments
The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop...
long drive and cattle drive
During Reconstruction, most "carpetbaggers" were
opportunistic northerners who explored southern states after the Civil War
What were some effects of the Haymarket Square riot of 1886?
people were dying; it was an alarming symbol
The term "Seward's Folly" referred to Secretary of State William Seward's...
purchase of Alaska for 7 million dollars
The western farmers' first and most burning grievance was against...
railroads
In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History", Frederick Jackson Turner claimed...
the ending of the frontier
Know the trends that tell the story of mining in the West
to find precious metals to get rich
Chinese immigrants became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad in part because...
worked cheaper, more dangerous jobs, and payed less
By the end of Reconstruction, most blacks in the south...
worked mainly the same as slaves, mostly as sharecroppers