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
