us history final (ch 4-6)

samuel gompers became a leading advocate for unionizing all workers, both skilled and unskilled

the woman contributed to the civil war effort by starting the red cross. who was she?

who were the exodusters?

The intent of the Homestead Act was to

which event was a direct result of the compromise of 1850?

why did new republican governments in the south after the civil war have difficulty?

what significant historical event occurred at promontory point, utah in 1869?

hiram revels holds particular importance in history because he is the first african american

what was an important effect of the Emancipation Proclaimation

which was not part of the union's three-part plan to conquer the south?

social darwinism was used to justify all of the following except

the bloodiest one-day battle of the civil was occurred at

time zones were first used to coordinate

the bonanza farm is a

under popular sovereignty, who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?

the area best described as the territory of the comanche, apache and sioux indians would be

All of the following were factors in the westward movement of settlers into Native American lands EXCEPT

the union pacific and central pacific companies were important to early settlement of the west by

which of the following did not apply to the industrial revolution during the latter stages of 19th century america?

in which of the following areas did the south have an advantage over the north in the civil war?

Bimetallism would allow for the exchange of paper currency for

the american cowboy can credit the mexican vaquero for all of the following except

which of the following statements is not true of the american civil war?

andrew carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by

all of the following were examples of early cow towns except

this stated that no citizen may be denied the right to vote "by race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

the term "sooner" referred to oklahoma settlers ___

what did the supreme court declare in the dred scott decision?

which of the following was not central to the life and culture of the plains indians in the 1800s?

all of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900s except

what was the goal of the interstate commerce act?

(video) the massachusetts 54th regiment was significant because they

(lecture) the comanche indians held all of the following beliefs except

all are true of the missouri compromise except

The Dawes Act was designed to benefit

Why did Plains farmers in the late 1800s tend to support bimetallism?

Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?

these members of the republican party left their northern homes after the war and moved to the south.

Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians?

all of the following were results of the agricultural advances in the 19th century (1800s) except

(video) all of the following were results of the new intercontinental railroad system except

all of the following are true of the confederate state of america (south) during the american civil war except

which of the following would not be considered a "captain of industry"?

the use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit

which of the following statements is most representative of a society based on socialism?

which of the following resulted from the investigation of the triangle shirtwaist fire?

Which of the following is NOT true of the gold rush of the mid 19th century

when the civil war began, what was abraham lincoln's main goal?

the main purpose of the company known as credit mobilier was to

All of the following were problems faced by farmers near the end of the 19th century EXCEPT

one of the goals of the knights of the labor union was to work for an eight hour workday for all workers

all of the following worked to make the southern economy function efficiently during the antebellum period except

mary harris jones became a national figure for women in the american labor movement

in munn v. illinois, the states won the right to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers and other consumers

all of the following terms may have referred to the big business owners of the late 19th century except

the great strike of 1877, the hay market affair and the homestead strike all had one common theme. what was it?

all of the following were states that seceded from the union during the civil war except

which of the following stories of the wild west is considered not true by today's historians?

a soddy is a(n)

(video) all of the following were results of the invention of barbed wired except

The significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee was that it

which of the following was not a strength of the north prior to the beginning of the civil war?

Which of the following political parties was referred to as the "People's Party?"

the purpose of the granger laws was to

the morrill act

all of the following terms/people apply to the north during the american civil war except

in the 1850s, harriet beecher stowe wrote a novel (uncle tom's cabin) that detailed the injustices experienced by

which of the following quotations in from the gettysburg address?

which of the following did social darwinism discourage?

farmers who agreed to give a portion of their harvest to landowners in exchange for use of land and tools were known as

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

Joseph Glidden's invention of barbed wire led to

intended to overrule and nullify the dred scott decision, congress drafted the

the era of a wide-open west was quickly coming to an end when the invention of ____ was introduced by joseph glidden

all of the following statements are true of plains indians except

public sympathy for women in the work force increased dramatically after the homestead strike

railroad companies angered farmers in all the following ways except

which is the best word to describe lincoln's original plan for reconstruction?

which of the following terms does not correlate with the other three?

which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

(Video) The buffalo served all of the following purposes of the Great Plains EXCEPT

the freedmen's bureau provided assistance to newly freed slaves in all of the following areas except

all of the following were significant blows to indian tribal life on the plains except

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

What is the significance of Promontory Point, Utah in 1869?

which of the following terms refers to a ec/pol system where gov. adopts "laissez faire" attitude-intervention bus. prac

horizontal integration, a business strategy used by oil mogul john d. rockefeller, involves

the sherman antitrust act

what key difference between the north and the south ultimately led to the civil war?

it is safe to say that the biggest issue between white settlers and their indian counterparts was

in which of the following places did 146 predominantly female workers die in a fire?

which of the following statements best describes president lincoln's message in his gettysburg address?

why is the battle of gettysburg considered a turning point in the civil war?

which of the following is not true of life on the great plains for the native american indians that lived there?

which of the following was not a provision of the reconstruction act of 1867?

(lecture) plains indians (specifically the comanche) relied on all of the following to survive except

what was the goal of the interstate commerce act?

what was the aim of "total war" as practiced by union general william tecumseh sherman?