Ch. 13 & 14 Test Review

He ran the American Railway Union and later ran for president several times as a socialist.

He was the Populist candidate who lost the presidential election of 1896.

He perfected the incandescent light bulb & created an electrical power system.

Most Native Americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the U.S.government by

This slaughter of 300 unarmed Native Americans that marked the end of the Indian wars in 1890.

Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s?

146 female workers burned to death at this location

This policy's supporters hoped that it would place more money in the pockets of ordinary people

He created trusts & was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of Standard Oil. 

railroad-car mogul who built a town to house his employees

He invented the typewriter

What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act?

He developed a cheap and effective manufacturing process for making steel. 

This government program offered 160 acres of land free to any head of household.

Who organized the Industrial Workers of the World?

William McKinley won the election of 1896 because

The Mexican vaquero influenced the American cowboy in all of the following areas except

This allowed the cattle business to flourish by providing a route to a shipping yard in, Kansas

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

This dwelling provided warmth but no protection from snakes and insects.

organized coal miners, their wives, and their children to fight for better working conditions

He first successfully used a steam engine to remove oil from beneath the earth's surface

This innovation made it possible for factories to be built away from rivers.

In what way was Pullman, Illinois an unusual town?

The theory of Social Darwinism strongly discouraged 

The education of Plains Indian children traditionally did not include

This program gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges.

What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce during the late 1800s?

This law allowed white settlers to take much of the land set aside for Native Americans

He started an organization for farmers that came to be known as the Grange.

He opened the way for worldwide communications with the invention of the telephone

Most American cowboys