History since 1876

Identify the statements that describe the Haymarket Affair

Eight men were convicted of murder and condemned to death for the Haymarket bombing. Four strikers were killed by police on May 3, 1886, when they clashed with strikebreakers.

The conquest of the American West was a unique phenomenon in global history, whereby settlers moved boldly into the interior of regions of a great continent with a temperate climate, bringing their families, crops, and livestock, and establishing mining and other industries. T OR F

False

Identify the statements that describe examples of Christian moral reform and its successful attempts to stamp out sin

Mann Act of 1910 Gambling, prostitution, polygamy, and birth control were all targets of the legislation attempts to control or eliminate by Evangelical Christians in the Gilded Age. Christian Temperance Union

Identify the statements that describe the political scene in the United States during the Gilded Age

Powerful new corporations raised disturbing questions about the American understanding of political freedom and self-government. Americans during the Gilded Age saw the country as an island of democracy in a world dominated by undemocratic governments.

Identify the statements that describe the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee massacre

U.S. troops opened fire on Ghost Dancers, killing 150 to 200 of them. Fearful of a general uprising on the reservations, the U.S. government sent troops in response to the Ghost Dance.

Identify the statements that describe American westward expansion.

Western states used land donated by the federal government to establish public universities. In the twentieth century, the American West became the focus of many federally funded public works projects.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn was an example of what?

how the Indians occasionally managed to defeat army units as they sought to defend their tribal lands.

In 1879, the United States when off what to help debt-ridden farmers

the gold standard

Did The Knights of Labor include/encourage women?

yes

Identify the statements that describe the relationship between Native Americans and white America

In 1871, Congress eliminated the treaty system that dated back to the revolutionary era, by which the federal government negotiated agreements with Indians as if they were foreign nations. The Bureau of Indian Affairs established boarding schools where Indian children were sent to become "more American."