Midterm Unit 2

Which African American leader was primarily concerned with protecting and exercising voting

What was one reason for America's industrial success

Supporters of laissez-faire believed the government should interfere with the economy to

Barbed wire and fencing of the open range led to

Advancing American settlers and killing of ___ what took a serious toll on Native Americans

Which entrepreneur led steel?

George Custer attacked a large group of Souix, Lakota, and Cheyenne warriors at

Native Americans who roamed vast distances were known as

Which incident badly hurt the Knights of Labor reputation?

Which entrepreneur led railroads and steamboats

Supporters of a free enterprise system believed that the US industrialized rapidly was because

A steel company that owns the coal mines, limestone quarries, and iron ore fields is an example

Alexander Graham Bell invented what?

Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine

Booker T. Washington urged African Americans to

Combining many firms engaged in the same type of business into one corporation is called

The Pullman strike was halted by?

What did the Homestead Act allow Western settlers to do?

The railroad boom began when President Lincoln signed the

What was the Bessemer Processes?

The failure of the Grange and the Farmer's Alliance led to what party?

The Credit Mobilier scandal, Union Pacific investors got rich by

The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by

Many immigrants left their home countries for the US to escape poverty, high food prices and 

Social Darwinism was used by some industrial leaders to justify

Which entrepreneur led banks?

By the early 1900's America had transformed into the world's leading