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| Provide a one or two sentence summary of the results of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. |
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- 200 of Custer's men went up against 2,000-3,000 Nat. Am.
- they were exhausted, but decided to split up the regiment and attack
- Crazy Horse led and overpowered Nat. Am. and killed Custer and all his men w/in 20 min
- led to the American public's negativity and wanted revenge for Custer's death |
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| Name two of the four causes of the Battle of Little Bighorn. |
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- the gold rush to the Black Hills
- failure of the Treaty of 1868
- the policy of the U.S gov. towards Native Am.
- clash of the ideals (hunting/gathering of Nat. Am. vs. settlers farming) |
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| Name the leader of the 7th Cavalry at Little Bighorn |
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| Name the leader of the Sioux warriors at Little Bighorn. |
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| Provide a one or two sentence summary of the battle that resulted in the end of the Plains War between Natives and settlers (include the name of the battle). |
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- Battle of Wounded Knee
- revenge of Custer's old regiment of the 7th Cavalry where 350 starving and freezing Sioux were rounded up by U.S. troops
- one Native resisted the order to drop their weapons and fired his rifle which lead to soldiers opening fire and killed 300 Native Americans and let their corpses freeze |
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| He controlled 90% of the oil industry and was the founder of the Standard Oil Company (Chevron). |
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| Where was Andrew Carnegie from? |
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| What percentage of the steel industry did Carnegie control? |
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| What is the term for a wealthy person who donates much of their wealth to charities and foundations? |
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| Describe the process of vertical integration used by Carnegie. |
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| Carnegie bought companies that supplied his raw materials such as iron and coal, and railroads needed to transport the steel |
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| Describe the process of horizontal integration used by Carnegie. |
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| Horizontal integration allowed Carnegie to buy out or merge with other steel companies. |
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| Invention that combined the stages of steel-making into one unified process, making it cheaper and more efficient to produce. |
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| Term for an organized work stoppage used to force an employer to meet the demands of workers. |
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| His nickname was "The Commodore". |
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| "The Commodore" left the steamship business for this new business in the early 1860s. |
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| invested in the railroad industry |
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| "The Commodore" founded this university. |
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| What did Edward L. Drake have to do with gasoline? |
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- he used a steam engine to drill for oil
- that started an oil boom that led to oil-refining industries in places like Cleveland and Pittsburgh
- oil produced gasoline, which was at first thrown away, but then used w/ automobiles
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| Name four ways Americans used steel (in the late 1800s and early 1900s). |
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- Railroad for track building
- improve farm tools like the plow and reaper
- used to make cans to preserve food
- engineers used it to build bridges |
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| What are replacement workers called who cross picket lines during work stoppages? |
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| List three union leaders and include the name of their union. |
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- Samuel Gompers (American Federation of Labor)
- Eugene V. Debs (American Railway Union)
- "Mother" Mary Harris Jones (United Mine Workers) |
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