What was a leading cause to the violence from the Dakota People?
A) Years of WarC) Years of Disease
B) Years of CorruptionD) Years of Jealousy
Why did Western Whites fell vulnerable to Indian attacks?
Why did large corporations arise in the late nineteenth century, and how did leading industrialists consolidate their power?
Corporations helped all these industries, except
a) Department storesc) Advertising
b) Mail order catalogsd) Small Retail Stores
Why was the Battle of Wounded Knee important?
Why did the US Government want to push the Indians off of their traditional lands and onto reservations?
Who did the Treaty of 1868 pressure into selling the Black Hills?
a) The Chiefsc) The government
b) The Sioux leaders
Why did Grant make a peace policy between Native Americans and the US Government?
Why did Dr. Thomas Bland say there was not an “Indian Problem,” but actually a “white problem”?
In the beginning decades of the 20th Century, what percentage of women held low-level office jobs?
a) 25%c) 75%
b) 50%d) 100%
How did the US job force shift post-Civil War?
Describe the impact of Mining on the West? What markets did it aid?
Describe the General Mining Act of 1872.
Do you think the Gold Standard would work today? Why or why not? And, if so, would it be beneficial or harmful for our economy? Why?
What else did the federal government provide to the Railroads besides land?
a) Subsidiesc) Tariffs
b) Transportation
What was the Long Drive and why did ranchers use this technique?
What caused the cattle boom to collapse?
a) Blizzards and droughtc) Grazing shortages
b) Disease
What did the Southern Reconstruction not do?
a) End property qualifications for votingc) Abolish Black Codes
b) Expand women’s rightsd) Outlaw corporal punishment
What parts of the Southern Reconstruction do you agree with? Not agree with? How can these ideas apply/relate to today’s society?
What did Chinese immigrants do to stay/get to the US?
a) Become paper sonsc) Disguise themselves as Mexicans
b) Apply for citizenship
What explains the rising tide of Asian racism, which appeared on the Pacific Coast during the 1870s?
What events happened to trigger this? What was the outcome?
Explain the Great Rail Road Strike of 1877 and discuss its significance in economic reform.
What was the most prominent rural, anti-corporate protest group of the early postwar decades?
a) Knights of Laborc) KKK
b) Greenbacksd) The Grange
What Amendment did the Enforcement Laws full under to protect the Freedmen’s rights?
a) 13th Amendmentd) Both A & B
b) 14th Amendmente )They did not pass any Amendments to protect Freedman’s
c) 15th Amendment rights
Who were the Ku Klux Klan? What tactics did they sue to terrorize the South and help Democrats regain control?
Define Classical Liberalism. Explain what happened to the Liberal Republican Party.
What gave liberals ammunition during the second Grant Administration?
a) Warc) Scandals
b) Unpopular policiesd) Divided party
What was the civil right Act of 1875? Who’s Charles Sumner and how was he related to setting equal rights among black and white communities?
What was the difference between churches in the slave days and churches after the emancipation?
The Republicans in Washington and former Confederate leaders had different views about what should happen with the former slaves in terms of land ownership/use and labor. Explain the different visions for each group.
Which Radical Republican argued that freed slaves earned a right to land grants?
a) Wadec) Johnson
b) Stevensd) Davis