History ch 20-21(Test 8)

RebellionCATEGORY 1: COWBOYS, RANCHERS AND GOLD

  • Wild West show owners- William F. cody

  • Marshall of Abline, Kansas- James Hickock

  • Region of alaska in canadian border where there wasa dispute between GB and US- klondike

  • in what battle did Custard die in, most famous battle of Sioux war - little big horn

  • centennial state- colorado

  • group of people conflicted with ranchers by fencing off their land- farmers

  • what encouraged migration to great plains (act)- homestead act

CATEGORY 2: native americans

  • last major battle between native americans and federal troops- Battle of Wounded Knee

  • greatest threat to indian livelihood due to western expansion- destruction of the buffalo

  • led the Nez Perce tribe against federal forces- Chief Joseph

  • instituted the Ghost Dance- Wovoka

CATEGORY 3: INVENTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS

  • Invented the sleeping car-George Pullman

  • Invented air brakes - George Westinghouse

  • owner of flour mills - Pillsbury

CATEGORY 4: POLITICAL

  • who demanded the removal of French troops from mexico -william seward

  • New Mexico and Arizona added during which administration - Taft

  • progressive senator from Wisconsin - Robert M. laffalette

  • 1912, which moderate was elected -Woodrow Wilson

  • Demonstrated Americans' power by sending the great white fleet - Roosevelt

  • What new federal dept. did Taft create - dept. of labor

  • TR's goal for fair treatment was the?- Square Deal

  • Progressive Party was also known as the - Bull Moose Party

  • Which Speaker of the House had its power greatly weakened because of the proggressivists- joseph canon

  • TR opposed trusts as long as they were doing what?- restraining trade

  • Good things that happened because of the Progressive Era - suffrage, 18th admendment, gov more responsive for the voters.

CATEGORY 4: RAILROADS

  • Who controlled the southwest railroads - Goulde

  • Transcontinental railroad meet - Promontory Summit

  • Chinese immigrants worked for who in the railroads - Central Pacific Railroads

  • Railroad company started on the West Coast - central pacific

  • built Great Northern Railroads- James j. Hill

CATEGORY 5: MEXICO

  • invaded mexico during american civil war- maximillian

  • went in search for poncho villa - pershing

CATEGORY 6: ISLANDS    

  • Coaling station in Samoan Islands- Pago Pago

  • danish west indies new name- US virgin islands

  • Refused to support Hawaiian annexation because- annexationist government was illegitimate

  • money paid for the phillipines - 20million

  • instituted reconcentration order in cuba- Weyler

  • scuttled USS Merrimack- Hobson

  • army doctor sent to find cure for yellow fever- walter reed

  • Leader of Filipino revolutionaries- Aguinaldo

  • country became independent following spanish american war- cuba

CATEGORY 7: ACTS, TREATMENTS AND AMENDMENTS

  • Sped up handling of antitrust cases - expedition act

  • what resolved the issue with the CSS Alabama claims- Treaty of Washington

  • established Puerto Rico as US territory- Foraker Act

  • instituted a progressive income tax- Underwood-Simons Act

  • income tax amendment- 16th Amendment

  • Alaska’s purchase was called- Seward’s Folly

CATEGORY 8: PANAMA

  • Possible alternate route for canal- Nicaragua

  • country complained abt tolls for US ships-GB

  • Chief engineer of Panama Canal - Goethals

  • sanitary fighting yellow fever -Gorgas

CATEGORY 9: CHINA

  • US wanted all Chinese trade to become unrestricted, so we issued the - open door policy

  • Violent movement in China that wanted to remove all Western influence- Boxer rebellion