Social Studies Midterm

Plains Native Americans relied on buffalo for food, shelter, and clothing

At the Sand Creek Massacre, about 200 Sioux were murdered as army troops opened fire after the Sioux had surrendered

The Ghost Dance represented a way for Native Americans to return to the reservations

In 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson wrote a book that told of the destruction of native culture

The rail line that provided the most direct route from San Francisco to Cheyenne was the

What is significant about the points where the Goodnight-Loving Trail and Chisholm Trail ended

How did the federal government help with the construction of railroads?

What role did Asa Whitney play in the construction of the railroad

Which phrase best describes most cattle ranches after the 1800s

The battle of wounded knee signaled the

The transcontinental railroad

The cattle industry in the West began when

A land rush in 1889 brought tens of thousands of settlers to

The homestead act encouraged people to nove west because it

All of the following helped farmers push for higher prices and other economic reforms EXCEPT the

What did Native Americans hope to gain in return for agreeing to stay in one place?

Foreign immigrants to the West worked as all of the following EXCEPT

Source of gold and Sliver in Nevada

Reformer who wrote A century of Dishonor

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on

Town in Utah where the two parts of the Transcontinental railroad were joined

Mexican cowhand

Group of farmers who pool their money to buy supplies at lower prices

Settlers who received free land from the government

Farmers who had to cut through thick grass to reach the soil below

Land-hungry settlers who sneaked onto free homesteads in Oklahoma before the land rush and grabbed the best land

Spring was the best time for the **Long trips during which cattle herds were moved from Texas to Kansas and Missouri**

Much of the American cowhand's gear was borrowed from the **Spanish cowhands**

By the 1870s, the **great western ranching region** stretched from Texas to Kansas and Montana

Abilene, Kansas, was one of the **settlements at the end of a cattle trail**

(Railroads/Cowhands) led to a boom in the cattle industry as Texans found a way to ship cattle to markets in the East and West

Cowhands were (high-paid/low-paid) laborers known for staying calm in the face of danger

The myth of the "Wild West" came from the idea that the West was (full of wild animals/a place of adventure)

(Harsh weather/ An increase in mining) and an economic depression helped bring about an end to the cattle kingdom.

Lines that connected the United States from coast to coast

Group of self-appointed law keepers formed by miners

Government offer of land or money to railroad companies

Some wandering groups pulled their belongings on

Sioux leader ________ defeated General George Custer at the Battle of little bighorn

Many native americans were forced onto _____ during the late 1800s

Many plains people lived in _______ made of buffalo skins

Stockholders face fewer risks than owners of private buisnesses because they can lose only the money they invest

The knights of labor limited membership to skilled laborers, so their bargaining power was greater than other unions

Violence at workers' demonstrations, such as the one in Haymarket Square in Chicago, made Americans see unions as radical

In the late 1800s, many immigrants came to the USA from Africa

Immigrant aid societies helped new arrivals with clothing, housing, and language classes

Some nativists experienced prejudice and bias, and many had trouble learning English

Some people believed that the new immigrants would not be able to assimilate because they were too different from native born Americans

What advance was necessary before electricity could light entire cities?

Which group of people would most likely support social Darwinism

Why did pullman workers go on strike

Which statement best describes the relationship between the **change in labor force** and the **shifts in population**

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, which region sent the most immigrants to the United States

Which of the following contributed to the growth of cities between 1860 and 1890

Which of the following was NOT a way that the government supported industrial growth after the Civil War?

All of the following factors contributed to the growth of newspapers in the late 1800s EXCEPT

A settlement house was a place where

Steel was important to industrial growth after the civil war because

The purpose of writers who wrote realist literature was to

WIth which of the following statements would a nativist agree?

Why did states improve public education after the civil war?

Thomas Edisons's research laboratory in Melon Park, New Jersey, was called an invention factory because

A person who sets up new business to make

The manufacturing method that puts a product together as it moves along a conveyor belt

Practice in which unions negotiate with management for workers as a group

The sensational reporting style of some newspapers during the late 1800s

The process of becoming part of another culture

**The inventor of the telephone** had been a teacher of the dead

**The "Wizard of Menlo Park" ** invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and hundreds of other devices

Henry Ford introduced the **method of production in which workers add parts to a product as it moves past them

An inventor must obtain a **document giving him or her the sole right right to make and sell an invention**

The (telephone/light bulb) sped up the pace of business even more that the telegraph had

The invention of the (camera/typewriter) is 1868 changed office work

In 1903, (Orville and Wilbur Wright/ George Eastman) tested a flying machine

Through (patents/mass production) Henry Ford made it possible for more people to own cars

The _______ limited membership to skilled laborers so their bargaining power was greater than the other unions

The founder of the Hull House

Community centers that offered service to the poor

The large movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to cities

Buildings divided into many tiny appartments

In the late 1800s, many immigrants came from africa

Airless rooms belowdeck on a ship

Person who opposes all forms of government

Process of becoming part of another culture

Author of huckleberry Finn and popular realist author

The requirement that children must attend school up to a certain age

Publisher of the New york world newspaper

_______ was an author who was famous for his realistic writing about miners and sailers

In the late 1800s, cubans revolted against harsh American rule

The battles of the Spanish-American War ere fought on land only

The explosion of the battleship Maine angered Americans an helped lead to war with spain

As a result of the Spanish-American War, Spanish turned Puerto Rico over to Cuba

Toward the begging of the twentieth century, many Americans began to

Why did President Cleveland reject a proposal to annex hawaii

WHo eventually voted to annex Hawaii

What was Us secretary of state john hays plan to allow all nations yo trade with china on an equal basis

When McKinley succeed Cleveland in 1897, he

Who or what caused the explosion of the Maine

The 1898 peace treaty ending the Spanish-American war led to

What aspect of the 1898 spanish american treaty angered many americans

Which country became a protectorate of the US in 1902

WHich country in the US overseas empire gained independance in 1946

Why did Colombia refuse Roosevelt offer of $10 million to build a panama canal

A citizen of which country acted for panama at the signing of the canal treaty

Which president stated that US foreign policy should support worldwide democracy?

What incident in 1914 led President Wilson intervene in Mexico

Why did Wilson send several thousand US soldiers across the Mexican border in 1916

`WHich of the following influenced the expansionist mood in the United States

AFter 1853, Japan agreed to

Which of these statements BEST explains how the US gained parts of Samoa

WHich of the following Best restates the roosevelt corollary

AN effect of the SPanish American WAr was that

One of the leading American voices calling for the US to intervene in the revolt in CUba belonged to

The spread of biased, often false, information to win support for a cause

The right of a group to decide its own form of government

Led a revolution in Russia in 1917

American anti-war activist and Social Party presidentail candidate

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand DREW more than 20 countries into war largely because of

The selective service act required young men to

Under the espionage and sedition acts, some people went to jail for

The Bolsheviks seized the Russian government under the leadership of

About how long was it between the Bolshevik Revolution and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

What event drew United STates into WW1

WHy did suffragists urge women to support the war effort

Following World War I the three top European allies wanted to

WHo led Senate opposite to the Treaty of Versailles because he objected to US membership in the league of nations

President Wilsons Fourteen Points included a proposal to

Type of fighting in which soldiers dig in and fire from opposite sides of a "no mans land"

Pride in ones nation or ethnic group

Glorification of the military

Deadlock in which neither side can score a victory

The _______ ensured that any conflict between two powers would quickley involve others

The 1914 ______ of archduke ferdinand sparked WW1

When fighting began, President WIlson proclaimed "strict and impartial ____"

One in four American WW1 draftees and recrutes ______, or unable to read and write

_________was chosen by President Wilson to head a new Food Administration as part of the war effort

In order to contribute to an ALlied victory, the US had to ______ an army quickly

Thousands of "Four Minute Men" were recruited to deliver breif patriotic speeches in public places

Vladimir Lenin embracesd the theories of (Karl MArx/Kaiser Wilhelm II) who belived that workers would unite and overthrow the ruling class

Germany called its series of MArch 1918 attacks the "(war/peace) offensive"

Senator who opposed US membership in the League of Nations

Pay,emts to cover war damages

EVen before the war ended, President Wilson had presented his peace plan, known as the ________.

The anger of the ________ at the treaty of Versailles would later set the stage for another world war

Following WW1, Serbs joined with others Balkan to form _____