American History Fall 2016 Final Exam Review

The Central Pacific Railroad began as the dream of engineer

What was the first professional, paid, baseball team in the US?

Former Union General, pushed the Union Pacific out of Omaha, Nebraska going West.

The processing center for the vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast was at

workers who tried to organize were often fired and placed on a list of "troublemakers" called

Nez Perce chief who surrendered after losing much of his band in a series of retreats

chief who led the Sioux uprising in Minnesota.

Which american author was famed for creating the term “Gilded Age”

process whereby an impartial third party helps workers and management reach an agreement

The Comstock Lode was a rich deposit of

combining firms engaged in the same type of business into a large corporation across the board

Many of the first miners in the Colorado mountains did not find minerals because

process for making high quality steel efficiently and cheaply

This was a hodgepodge of animal acts, acrobats, gymnasts and dancers on stage

What breed of cattle could survive the tough conditions on the Great Plains?

boomtown near the Comstock Lode.

an informal political group designed to gain and keep power

What two states received their namesakes from this uprising?

Under the Homestead Act, homesteaders could gain title to the land..

commander who attacked the Cheyenne at Sand Creek.

US Army commander who battled the Lakota at Little Bighorn

Creator of Social Darwinism Theory

Once the gold and silver was all gone from the mines. what were the abandoned towns called?

company owns all the different businesses that it depends on to operate from the ground up.

Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by

leader of the Cheyenne who were massacred at Sand Creek.

work written by Andrew Carnegie that denounced the ideas of social Darwinism

Which of the following was famous for his vertical integration of the steel industry

most famous railroad consolidator

no matter the origins they could rise in society and go as far as their talents would take them

leader of an army detachment wiped out by the Sioux in Wyoming.

served as social/political centers for men in most industrial centers

resource that could be turned into kerosene

in 1890, what made up more than 70% of urban transportation in the US?

location of a barracks in California to accommodate Asian immigrants

Which of the following men was famous for his Horizontal Integration of the oil Industry

Most famous political machine/party boss

dark and crowded multi-family apartments

an extreme dislike for foreigners by native-born people and a desire to limit immigration

What law barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese from citizenship?

The protesters at the Hay market Riot were protesting for what when all hell broke loose?

getting money through dishonest or questionable means

in exchange for votes___ provided survives like fire protection, police, and waterworks

By the early 1900s, Americans had transformed the United States into the world's leading

Calves that don't have an owner when round ups occur.

when a single company achieves control of an entire market

What region of the US extends Westward to the Rockies and comprises the middle of the US?

The most famous of Ragtime musicians, haled from southwest Missouri.

People who risk their capital in organizing and running a business

given to the railroad companies by the government to encourage railroad construction

man who created the "Communist Manifesto" who advocated a workers revolution