American History Study Guide
History 2112 Study Guide
Test 1 Chapters 15-17
Chapter 15 1. Dawes Severalty Act – goals; Indian boarding schools (reasons for, children reaction to) 2. barbed wire – impact on ranchers 3. mining towns – victims of violence 4. Grangers – reasons for laws; members 5. Long drive – purpose 6. Mark Twain – themes in novels 7. Native Americans – Wounded Knee; Sand Creek Massacre; George Custer; Fort Laramie Treaty; reasons for U.S. violating treaties; impact of horses 8. “Exodusters” – who, where 9. “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” – reasons for popularity 10. cowboys – origination of culture and traditions 11. transcontinental railroad – companies involved; starting points
Chapter 16 1. Andrew Carnegie – “Gospel of Wealth”; business tactics; philanthropy; 2. American manufacturers before the Civil War 3. First big business in the U.S. 4. Women and children of the workforce – conditions, treatment, salary 5. American Federation of Labor – leader 6. Railroads up to 1900s – locations 7. Knights of Labor – differences from other labor unions 8. John D. Rockefeller – major industry; business model he invented 9. trusts – Americans’ reactions 10. Thomas Nast’s political cartoons – argued for 11. Horatio Alger stories – meaning 12. black women in the workforce 13. Social Darwinism – meaning 14. Vertical integration & Horizontal integration – explain each 15. Molly Maguires – who, what
Chapter 17 1. Eugene V. Debs – labor union affiliation, significant strikes 2. William Tweed – tactics used to influence votes 3. Public education – reasons for promotion; Pledge of Allegiance (purpose) 4. Immigrants after 1880 – origins 5. Election of 1896 – winner 6. Great Migration – who, why, where 7. Baseball cards – used to market what 8. “New Woman” – who 9. Settlement housing – what were they, founder 10. Election of 1892 – Populists’ nomination
Test 1 Chapters 15-17
Chapter 15 1. Dawes Severalty Act – goals; Indian boarding schools (reasons for, children reaction to) 2. barbed wire – impact on ranchers 3. mining towns – victims of violence 4. Grangers – reasons for laws; members 5. Long drive – purpose 6. Mark Twain – themes in novels 7. Native Americans – Wounded Knee; Sand Creek Massacre; George Custer; Fort Laramie Treaty; reasons for U.S. violating treaties; impact of horses 8. “Exodusters” – who, where 9. “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” – reasons for popularity 10. cowboys – origination of culture and traditions 11. transcontinental railroad – companies involved; starting points
Chapter 16 1. Andrew Carnegie – “Gospel of Wealth”; business tactics; philanthropy; 2. American manufacturers before the Civil War 3. First big business in the U.S. 4. Women and children of the workforce – conditions, treatment, salary 5. American Federation of Labor – leader 6. Railroads up to 1900s – locations 7. Knights of Labor – differences from other labor unions 8. John D. Rockefeller – major industry; business model he invented 9. trusts – Americans’ reactions 10. Thomas Nast’s political cartoons – argued for 11. Horatio Alger stories – meaning 12. black women in the workforce 13. Social Darwinism – meaning 14. Vertical integration & Horizontal integration – explain each 15. Molly Maguires – who, what
Chapter 17 1. Eugene V. Debs – labor union affiliation, significant strikes 2. William Tweed – tactics used to influence votes 3. Public education – reasons for promotion; Pledge of Allegiance (purpose) 4. Immigrants after 1880 – origins 5. Election of 1896 – winner 6. Great Migration – who, why, where 7. Baseball cards – used to market what 8. “New Woman” – who 9. Settlement housing – what were they, founder 10. Election of 1892 – Populists’ nomination