Gilded Age Part 2 Review

What provided settlers with 160 acres in the Great Plains if they agreed to dig a well, build a road, and stay 5 years?

Which piece of legislation gave Native American families 160 acres of land to encourage assimilation?

Political corruption in the Gilded Age often involved giving government jobs to loyal supporters. This was called the:

What is the origin of the famous American cowboy?

WEB Du Bois differed from Booker T. Washington because he wanted African Americans to:

What was unique about Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces?

The Tuskegee Institute provided African Americans with:

This painting is most closely associated with:

The Chinese Exclusion Act:

Which event closed the western "frontier" in the United States?

Which of the following was NOT part of the Populist Party's platform?

Which group of immigrants largely built the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad?

Farmers blamed big business for their suffering because:

How did the Carlisle Indian School force assimilation?

Thomas Nast exposed the corruption of THIS guy with a series of political cartoons.

Plessy v. Ferguson established the judicial principle of:

Who argued it was better for African Americans to remain segregated and to instead focus on education and economic gain?

How did political machines control the votes of immigrants living in poverty?

What was the idea behind the "New South"?

Segregation laws in the South, and the etiquette expected of Black southerners, were known as:

Which of the following was NOT a way that southern states disenfranchised Black men?

Along with taking their land, what else severely threatened the Plains Indians' way of life?

What nickname did the Gilded Age presidents "earn"?

Who was the 36 year old Populist who ran for president in 1896 after giving the famous "Cross of Gold" speech?

In which battle did General Custer die, along with all of his men, after making some real dumb decisions?

The Pendleton Civil Service Act attempted to clean up American politics by:

Which of the following is NOT an example of US aggression against Native Americans?

Congress helped with the development of the Transcontinental Railroad by giving railroads loans and:

What was the name of the farmers' "union" that helped educate farmers and lobbied for regulation of railroads?

Towns that grew around successful gold and silver mines were called: