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3. How many people died in the Haymarket Riot? 11

4. In what city did the Haymarket Riot occur? Chicago

5. Why did President Cleveland call in the army to end the Pullman Palace Car Strike? blocking the train tracks stopped mail delivery

6. Why did Congressman support tariffs in the early days of industrialization? to protect U.S. businesses from European competition

7. vertical alignment What term refers to a company when it owns all the different businesses in the production process?

8. What is the main principle of Marxism? They want a classless society where everyone is equal.

9. How did cable and street cars improve lives in the U.S.? They could get better homes farther from their jobs.

10. How did light bulbs improve factories and people’s lives? Factories could stay open 24 hours, & people had light in their homes.

11. What invention affected people’s lives the most in the 1800’s? electricity

12. How did refrigerated railcars improve people’s lives? Meat was safer since it didn’t spoil when shipped.

13. Orders increased in businesses, and people could talk to families far off easier. How did the telephone improve business and people’s lives?

14. Greenville Dodge Who was the leader of the Union Pacific Railroad that linked the nation with the Transcontinental Railroad?

15. catch and punish criminals What did vigilance committees do out west?

16. grasshoppers, fire, bad weather What are 3 hardships settlers faced trying to farm on the plains?

17. China From where did the railroads get workers to finish the railroad?

18. Samuel Gompers Who was the first leader of the American Federation of Labor who wanted the union to stay out of politics?

19. It would keep their cows from grazing grass. Why did ranchers see barbed wire as a threat?

20. James Hill Who was the leader of the Great Northern Railroad who was NOT corrupt and never let it go bankrupt?

21. so that the Indians could not stay on the reservations Why did the army kill the buffalo?

22. George Custer Who led the U.S. Calvary against the Sioux causing all the soldiers to die?

23. Stephen Long Who nicknamed the Great Plains the “Great American Desert”?

24. Joseph Glidden Who improved barbed wire?

25. They became ghost towns. What happened to early boom towns when the gold ran out?

26. Abilene, Kansas To what city did the Chisolm Trail end?

27. kerosene Before cars, what was oil used most for?

28. $10 How much did a claim to get land through the Homestead Act cost?

29. having a huge variety of products in a fancy building How did department stores change the idea of shopping??

30. dry farming What is it called when you plant seeds deep in the soil to get any moisture possible?

31. by forming a holding company How did companies avoid allegations of a monopoly?

32. Ghost Dance What ritual did the Sioux do to make the buffalo return and the white man leave?

33. mining What brought the first settlers out west?

34. Were the annuities that the government gave Native Americans enough to survive on reservations? No

35. Give 3 results of the flood of ranchers, farmers, and miners to the Great Plains 1. closing the frontier 2. ended Indian’s way of life 3. added new states

36. Give 2 reasons early unions failed 1.couldn’t organize effectively 2. sometimes cause violence with strikes

37. How did Union Pacific investors get rich in the Credit Mobilier scandal? They overpaid bills to a construction company that they owned

38. What two companies had the top mail order catalogues in the late 1800s? Sears Roebuck & Montgomery Ward

39. Name 4 difficulties that the farmers faced on the Great Plains in the late 1800s? blizzards, wind, fire, grasshoppers, drought, scorching heat

40. What was the main cause of the end of the long cattle drivers in the 1800s? Barbed wire

41. What is an organization owned by many people but treated but law as though it were a single person called? corporation

42. What were advantages of large businesses over small businesses? Large businesses could make goods faster and cheaper, could survive easier in a bad economy, and had lower operating costs

43. What term refers to agreements made by companies to maintain prices at a certain level? Pools

44. What did the Morrill Land Grant increase and create? Colleges for agriculture and mechanics

45. What is true about the Great Railway Strike of 1877? President Hayes ended it by sending in the army Involved 11 states Unions began organizing more

46. What were results of the fencing of the open range? Long drives ended Cowboys became ranch hands

47. What groups did make up the majority of early cowboys? African Americans, Hispanics, ex- Confederate soldiers

48. Does inflation raise or lower the value of money? Does deflation raise of lower the value of money? Inflation lowers while deflation rises

49. Give 2 reasons why the Dawes Act of 1877 failed to solve issues with Native Americans Higher wages and better working conditions