Unit 8 history

___ million children join workforce in 1800s ages 10-15; 15 hr workdays and worked in coal mines and factories

1.75

In ___ President ___ moves natives from southeast to Oklahoma and removed trail of tears

1830; Jackson

Homestead Act of 1862

1862; 160 acres; to live,improve, pay fee; got rid of natives; completed in 7 years

Morrill Act

1862; set aside federal land for agricultural colleges

Virginia tech was founded in ___

1872

In ___ the ___ was a native America victory and worst Us army defeat; made the Indians look rabbit and increased efforts to suppress them

1876; battle of big horn

In ___ there was the creation of the Chinese exclusion act

1882

Dawes Act

1887; Grover Cleveland allow break up of tribal lands

In ___ the ___ opened 2 million acres of public land

1889; indian appropriation act

Oklahoma Land Rush

1889; indian appropriation act; 2 million acres; 500k settlers raced to Oklahoma

In ___ the ___ was the ghost dance spiritual movement; anger gods by abandon customs; whites surrounded them; 150 Indians killed; ended ghost dance moment and last major confrontation

1890; wounded knee massacre

You had to live on land for ___ in the homestead act

5 years

Presidents from 1861 to

A. Lincoln, A. Johnson, U. Grant, R. Hayes, J. Garfield

___ invented telephone and had telephone company in 1877 (monopoly)

Alexander Graham Bell

The ___ process removed impurities from molten iron for stronger steel

Bessemer

___ owned Steel

Carnigie

Transcontinental Railroad included the ___ and ___ railroads

Central; Union

___ created typewriter and responsible for QWERTY

Christopher Sholes

___ lead the homestead act

Congress

—- has no liability for owners

Corporation

It took 20'years to build the New York ____ and costed 13 million dollars

Courthouse

This scandal bribed congressman and doubled construction cost; Union Pacific railroad and Grants VP get caught in scandal

Credit Moblier

Social ___ is natural competition and strong will survive

Darwinism

At ___ you need physical; no felony; able to work ; some money; and 75% of immigrants came through here

Ellis Island

The Great Plains

From Montana to Minnesota down to New Mexico and texas. Supported cattle ranching, bison hunting, and farming.

___ created film for camera in rolls and has the Eastman Kodak Company

George Eastman

The American Federal of Labor created by Samuel ___ was the most successful union; only skilled workers and strike for better pay hours and conditions; 1/3 of Americans in union

Gomper

___ is the belief that god will let some men attain great wealth

Gospel of wealth

___ is a form of political corruption and use of political authority for personal growth

Graft

Mechanical Reaper

Harvesting wheat; Cyris McCormick

___ created assembly line and mass production

Henry Ford

—- companies oversee and manage many companies

Holding

Rockefeller had a ___ monopoly

Horizontal

Political machines led to police forces that lead to the first ___ regulations

Housing

The ___ and ___ built the railroads

Irish; chinese

___ reorganized business and financed industrial consolidation; created structure for prominent industry and American finance

JP morgan

The ____ of labor in 1868 included all workers to have equal pay and eliminate workdays; boycotted; collapsed due to inefficient leadership

Knights

____ is hands off no gov. Regulations for business

Laissez-Faire

Transcontinental Railroad

Link east to west; transport many goods

Political machines were good for immigrants as they assisted with jobs and they gave naturalization in return for ___

Loyalty

Guglielmo ____ created the wireless telegraph, first radio communication, and ******* telegraph company

Marconi

Long cattle drive

Move cattle from one place to another to make beef; make money

___ is the belief that immigrants pose a threat

Nativism

Where the railroads met in Utah is called ___ and ___

Promontory point; summit

ROSE

Railroads; oil; steel; electricity

cowboy

Rides horse; take care or cows, horses, and promotes west

___ owned oil

Rockefeller

__ created Morse Code and telegraph

Samual Morse

steel-tipped plow

Sliced crops; John deer

___ is the belief that the government should control business and property; equal distribution of wealth; Wobblies formed 1906 Chicago

Socialism

____ Hall was a New York organization led by boss ___ that helped city immigrants

Tammany; Tweed

___ created the lightbulb and motion picture and organized power plants

Thomas Edison

A ____ is a monopoly

Trust

Political machines controlled access to city jobs, business licenses, and courts and was was increased due to ___

Urbanization

Promontory Point

Utah; May 10, 1869

___ owned railroads

Vanderbilt

Carnegie had a ___ monopoly

Vertical

This scandal was People close to grant pocket tax money and 238 people indices and 110 convicted; 3mil in stolen tax

Whiskey ring