Unit 6 Review

1. Unit 6 Review

2. cycle of many people moving to a town and then leaving it when the mines were played out boom and bust

3. a geographical region in which the same standard time is kept Time zone

4. relies on supply and demand rather than government to regulate prices and wages Laissez-faire

5. linked distant regions of the United States Transcontinental Railroad

6. combines many firms in the same type of business into one large firm Horizontal integration

7. resulted when sheep herders or farmers blocked cattle trails Range wars

8. disembarkation point for immigrants crossing the Atlantic Ellis Island

9. City where Louis Sullivan built skyscrapers Chicago

10. offered practical aid and religious counseling to the urban poor Settlement Houses

11. originally organized by farmers on the plains for social and educational purposes; became a political force The Grange

12. What brought the first wave of settlers to the West? mining

13. In 1859 when prospector Henry Comstock staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada, the sticky blue-gray mud there turned out to be Silver ore

14. Deep deposits of lead that contained large amounts of silver led to the creation of one of the most legendary boomtowns that dotted the mining frontier, Virginia City

15. Although only a fraction of the herds survived when ranchers rounded up their cattle in 1866 and drove them to Sedalia, Missouri, it was the first The long drive

16. Eventually, and after considerable loss of life, the open range was largely fenced off with a new invention called Barbed Wire

17. Name the major cattle drive route north to Abilene, Kansas Chisholm Trail

18. Corporations used type of mining to find mineral deposits that lay far underground. Quartz mining

19. Name the man who discovered the richest known U.S. silver deposit located in Nevada Henry Comstock

20. self-appointed volunteers whose job it was to track down and punish wrongdoers Vigilance committees

21. George Custer attacked a large group of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors at this river The Little Big Horn

22. leader of the Nez Perce people Chief Joseph

23. main source of food for many Native Americans The buffalo

24. One approach to farming the Great Plains was one in which seeds were planted deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them. Name this type of farming. Dry farming

25. In the 1890s, when a glut of wheat on the world market caused prices to drop, some farmers tried to survive by forming these Cooperatives

26. Under this Act homesteaders could gain title to the land by living there for five years. Homestead Act

27. This Act attempted to help Native Americans by training them to become farmers. The Dawes Act

28. Lakota Sioux chief killed at Wounded Knee Sitting Bull

29. leader of an army detachment wiped out by the Lakota Sioux in Wyoming George Armstrong Custer

30. Name given to adventurous books sold for 10 cents and helped spread the myths of the "Wild West" in eastern towns and cities. Dime Novels

31. Famous African-American cowboy Nate Love

32. To promote agriculture and manufacturing the government passed this Act which gave States large tracts of federal lands, with the requirement that part of land be used to set up and maintain colleges. The Morrill Act

33. Auburn, Alabama A&M, Iowa State, Texas A&M are all universities that were established under the Morrill Act what is the common name given to these universities? Land grant schools

34. Extension services associated with land-grant colleges coordinate this program that help train future farmers and offer many programs for young people ages 5 to 19 4-H Programs

35. combination of firms or corporations formed by legal agreement, especially to reduce competition Trust

36. combining competing firms into one corporation Horizontal integration

37. combining companies that supply equipment and service for a particular industry Vertical integration

38. Southern states restricted African Americans from voting by imposing this tax which most were unable to afford. Poll Tax

39. Name given to stray calves with no identifying marks Maveriks

40. This clause excluded African Americans from voting, but allowed any man who did not the literacy test to vote if their fathers of grandfathers had voted. Grandfather Clause

41. In the South, these laws enforced the segregation of African Americans Jim Crow Laws

42. Name the man who explored the Great Plains region and declared it uninhabitable. Major Stephen Long

43. theory of socialism that advocates a classless society Marxism

44. A movement in art and literature that attempted to accurately portray people and situations and believed that society functioned best when it was left to itself. realism

45. Many working-class city residents lived in dark, crowded multi-family apartment buildings known as Tenements

46. Name given to these many-storied, steel frame buildings that were built in the cities to maximize the use of the limited amount of available land. Skyscrapers

47. Under this political system, also known as the spoils system, government jobs and favors were given out to political allies and friends. patronage

48. a company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities Lockout

49. Name the policy that states that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy. Laissez faire

50. Signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, this act provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad. Pacific Railway Act