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