US History Midterm Review 1 1865-1880s

Question 1

This legislation focused on Assimilation of Native Americans

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Dawes General Allotment Act

Question 2

The population in the West increased dramatically in the mid-late 1800s thanks in part to

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transcontinental railroad

Question 3

When the same businesses are combined into one big one to be more efficient & profitable it is

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horizontal integration

Question 4

Who developed the open-range system?

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Mexican Vaqueros

Question 5

Old Immigrants were mostly

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were Protestants from NW Europe

Question 6

"The poor are just the bottom of the Natural Selection ways of the world," this is a view of:

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Social Darwinism

Question 7

These policies helped support entrepreneurs in the mid-late 1800s

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protective tariffs

Question 8

This late 1800s invention changed how long factories could extend the work day

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electricity

Question 9

Photojournalist who exposed the terrible living conditions in tenements in the cities

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Jacob Rhiis

Question 10

"Gilded Age business leaders were supporting workers, wages, and building America"- reflects

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Idea that business leaders were Captains of Industry

Question 11

Settlement houses provided help for

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Americanization of Immigrants

Question 12

This amendment established African Americans as Citizens

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14th

Question 13

New immigrants after 1880 were mostly

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SE Europeans

Question 14

The Reconstruction Amendments were

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did little to change anything for African Americans

Question 15

African Americans who moved to the plains were called

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Sodbusters because they built houses from sod

Question 16

This amendment banned voter discrimination for citizens on basis or race or sex

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15th

Question 17

Both vertical and horizontal integration

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are created to increase profits

Question 18

Thousands of people traveled to the West after 1849 to

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mine for gold & silver

Question 19

This agriculture organization formed in the mid-late 1800s to negotiate for better prices

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Farmers Alliance

Question 20

Industrialization in agriculture had the following impact on farmers

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sold farms and moved to cities for factory jobs

Question 21

Prior to 1880 - all the way back to the Pilgrims, most immigrants came to America for

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religious freedom & make a living

Question 22

Ease of applying for patents led to

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increase in entrepreneurship

Question 23

This amendment abolished slavery

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13th

Question 24

The ICC in the late 1800s

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regulated railroads

Question 25

In late 1800s, industrial workers

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had pitiful wages and bad working conditions

Question 26

By the end of the Indian Wars, Native Americans were

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forced to reservations

Question 27

The KKK in Reconstruction

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used terror tactics to harass newly freed slaves

Question 28

"Business owners take advantage of workers, exploit wages, and care nothing for conditions"

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reflects idea of leaders as "Robber Barons"

US History Midterm Review 1 1865-1880s

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