Us History Study Guide
Final Exam Study Guide No. 1
Reservations
An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Homestead Act
Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad line built in the United States of America between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad
Where? Omaha to Sacramento
Hardships
weather; storms, floods, freezing, snow building under mountains; dynamite
Mobility
The movement of people, as from one social group, class, or level to another economic mobility, social mobility, physical mobility
Rugged Individualism individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition people are responsible for taking care of themselves
Westward movement; people had no one, did not expect the government to do anything
Dawes Act
The Dawes General Allotment Act was enacted by the U.S. Congress regarding the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma.
Native Americans would become modernized
Laissez-faire Capitalism
Government did not interfere with business “Hands off”
Monopolies (trusts) exists when a specific individual or an enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it.
Nativist against outside ideas anti-immigration America for Americans
Social Darwinism those with strength (economic, physical, technological) flourish and those without are destined for extinction
Industrialization
Darwin’s theory to people some people are meant to be poor, some are meant to be rich
Philanthropy private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of life giving charity
Robber Barons?
Carnegie?
After retiring in 1901 at the age of 66 as the world's
Reservations
An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Homestead Act
Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad line built in the United States of America between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad
Where? Omaha to Sacramento
Hardships
weather; storms, floods, freezing, snow building under mountains; dynamite
Mobility
The movement of people, as from one social group, class, or level to another economic mobility, social mobility, physical mobility
Rugged Individualism individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition people are responsible for taking care of themselves
Westward movement; people had no one, did not expect the government to do anything
Dawes Act
The Dawes General Allotment Act was enacted by the U.S. Congress regarding the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma.
Native Americans would become modernized
Laissez-faire Capitalism
Government did not interfere with business “Hands off”
Monopolies (trusts) exists when a specific individual or an enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it.
Nativist against outside ideas anti-immigration America for Americans
Social Darwinism those with strength (economic, physical, technological) flourish and those without are destined for extinction
Industrialization
Darwin’s theory to people some people are meant to be poor, some are meant to be rich
Philanthropy private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of life giving charity
Robber Barons?
Carnegie?
After retiring in 1901 at the age of 66 as the world's