U.S. history 2 exam 1
What was the approximate number of federal employees in the late 19th century
100,000
The first birth control pill went on the market legally in
1960
______ Indian men woman and children were slaughtered at wounded knee
200
During the early 19 Hundred's the term yellow journalism referred to
A sensational often lurid style of reporting
The Duryea brothers invented the
First gasoline driven motor vehicle
Neurasthenia was the term coined by what man
George beard
The first woman nominated by a major political party for Vice President _____ was in the year _____
Geraldine Ferraro, 1984
Attempts to reform the use of alcohol offended _____ and ____ immigrants
German Lutheran, Catholic
Were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
Granger laws
The administration of _______ is famous for the increasing levels of corruption that accompanied it
Grant
Many early explorers called the region of the American West between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains the
Great American desert
The only president to be elected to non-consecutive terms in office
Grover Cleveland
_______ Was against a high tariff, _____ was for it
Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison
Major divisions arose within the Republican party during the administration of
Hayes
In the late 1800, farmers on the Great Plains did not face this problem
High land prices
The ______ Act allowed settlers to pay _____ an acre and own the land immediately
Homestead, $1.25
Was the greatest advocate of birth control in the 20th century
Margaret sanger
The term Gilded Age was coined by
Mark Twain
Sand Creek and the washita River are associated with the
Massacre of peaceful plains Indians
In Utah, suffrage was related to efforts to maintain a voting majority in what group
Mormon
Founded the New York Journal
William Hearst
The Interstate Commerce Act prevented monopolies in the _______ industry
Railroad
Blue laws prohibited most forms of business on
Sundays
The headquarters of the biggest political party machine during the Gilded Age was __________, located in ________.
Tammany Hall, New York City
What was the original intent of the Interstate Commerce Act
Allow the federal government to regulate railroad rates
Cost James Blaine the election of 1884
An offensive comment about Catholics
City in Kansas that elected the first female mayor in 1887
Argonia
In the late 1800 the most popular of the new spectator sports was
Baseball
Who were not natural enemies of the ranchers
Blacks
The American Woman Suffrage Association was based in _____ and led by ____. A former abolitionist
Boston, Lucy stone
The great cattle trails wind through all of the following states except
California
In 1915, ______ became head of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
Carrie Chapman Catt
Dime novels included all of the genres except
Classical Greek poetry
Department of Labor was created under the administration of
Cleveland
In 1862 Warefare spread too what state due to gold discovery
Colorado
The _____act of 1871 made it illegal to distribute information about birth control devices through the us mail
Comstock
The Indian Chiefs who led the battle of little big horn were _____ and ______
Crazy horse, sitting bull
The Interstate Commerce Act was
Damaging to corporate trust
The _____ reversed U.S. Indian policy permitting the president to divide up tribal labs and parcel out 160 acres of land to each head of a family
Dawes act
When discussing electrical current DC stand for
Direct current
______ Focused his paper,_____, on business interests and towards a less educated audience
E.w Scripps, the st. Louis Post Dispatch
The introduction of _________ in the university curriculum made them more attractive to a broader range of students
Electives
Susan B Anthony was persuaded to devote her life to women's suffrage when she met
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
After the boom of the 1870s and 1880s agriculture in the West
Experienced a long period Of economic decline
State that adopted women's suffrage in 1896
Idaho
The Interstate Commerce Act created the
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal any contract, trust, or restraint of trade in
Interstate commerce
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was essentially ineffective for the first 20 years after its passage because
It was haphazardly enforce and was narrowly interpreted by the courts
A corrupt member of the Republican Party
James Blaine
The leader of the Colorado military who was responsible for the sand creek massacre was
John chivington
Purchased his magazine from Jay Gould and helped to transform the industry
Joseph Pulitzer
Was the only one of the original States to allow any woman to vote
New jersey
Was the last great war between Americans and Indians
Nez perce
First woman appointed to the US Supreme Court
O'Connor
Thomas Edison was born in the state of ______, but his lab was located in the state _______
Ohio, New Jersey
Under the 1867 Indian Peace Commission plan, the federal government attempted to relocate the Plains Indians to
Oklahoma and the Dakotas
Philadelphia Quaker who formed the National Woman's Party
Paul
The invention giving Edison his first widely accepted fame was
Phonograph
The invention that made Thomas Edison famous was the
Phonograph
In the early 1900 American artist began to
Portray realistic scenes of ordinary life
When it was first created in 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission was designed to regulate
Railroads
Settlers came to the West in pursuit of all of the following economic opportunities except
Readily available supplies of water
In 1890, the first _____ were sold as a result of the phonograph invention
Records
In the mid 1800 Anglo American settlers in the far west included all of the following groups except
Sailors
Anthony and Stanton met at a conference in
Seneca falls
After the Civil War, US government policy toward the western Indian tribes was to
Settle all of the Indians in two big areas
Henry Comstock's discovery of ______ helped create the ______ territory in 1861
Silver, Nevada
By the mid 19th century, the most powerful tribe in the Missouri River Valley was the
Sioux
The killing of ______ led to the massacre at Wounded Knee
Sitting bull
The oil field at ______ produced 200000 barrels of oil per day for a time
Spindletop
The branch of the Republican Party known as the _________ wanted to enfranchise blacks and suppress white supremacist
Stalwarts
Realize that without the right to vote, women would never achieve their goal of becoming equal with men
Stanton
The declaration of sentiments was written by
Stanton
The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the frontier shaped America by
Stimulating individualism nationalism and democracy
NFL running battle with the Indians the government thought all of the following goals except
Strengthening tribal ties to allow easier negotiation with the Indians
Author's such as Stephen Crane in Theodore Dreiser revealed in there Work
The mistreatment of the poor in the urban industrial society
In general women in the mining areas had all of the following characteristics except
They could not find any work as wage labourers in mining towns
The weakness of the Plains Indians and their struggles with the white settlers include all of the following factors except
They were not aggressive or warlike
The first state to ban the sale of non medical opiates
Utah
The Transcontinental Railroad ended in the state of ______ and was completed in ______ years
Utah, 6
Amusement parks represented the American revolt against
Victorianism
The movie Chinatown was about the life of
William Mulholland
Who was a famous leader of Tammany Hall
William tweed
The first female governor was from the state of
Wyoming