Unit 7 AP US History – Flashcards
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Reservation
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clearly defined zone where native americans could live appointed by officials
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The Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867
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assigned reservations in existing Indian Territory to various tribes, altogether more than 100,000 competing for survival
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Sand Creek Massacre
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The near annihilation in 1864 of Black Kettle's Cheyenne band by Colorado troops under Colonel John Chivington's orders to "kill and scalp all, big and little."
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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treaty acknowledging U.S. defeat in the Great Sioux War inn 1868 and supposedly guaranteeing the Sioux perpetual land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.
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Custer's Last Stand
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Indians massacred custer and his men in South Dakota.
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Edmunds Act
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passed in 1882 by Congress, this effectively disfranchised those who believed in or practiced polygamy and threatened them with fines and imprisonment
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Edmunds- Tucker Act
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this act passed in 1887 destroyed the temporal power of the Mormon church by confiscating all assets over $50,000 and establishing a federal commission to oversee all elections in the territory
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Brigham Young
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United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith. *wed 27 women and fathered 56 children
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Gadsden Purchase of 1853
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Gave the US a strip of land, rich in copper deposits, that stretched from El Paso west to the Colorado River
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The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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allowed hispanic people north of the Rio Grande to choose between immigrating south into Mexico or staying in what was now the US
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Cortina's War
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1859. rebellion by Juan Cortina and 60 followers. pillaged white-owned stores and killed 4 Anglos who got away w/ killing mexicans
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The Hispanic- American Alliance
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To protect and fight for the rights of Spanish- Americans
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Mutualistes
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(mutual aid soceities) provided sickness and death benefits to Mexican Families
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Lynching
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Execution, usually by a mob, without trail
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The Homestead Act of 1862
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US government encourages settlement by offering 160 acres of free land. Any extra land sold for $1 acre. Offers hope and new life and encourages people to move west. Three conditions: 1. Build house on land 2. Live on land for 5 yrs 3. Farm the land
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Morrill Act of 1862
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Caused a phenomenal gorwth of higher education. It was passed after the South had seceded and provded a generous grant of the public lands to the states for support of education. "Land grant colleges", most of which became state universities, in turn bound themselves to provide ceratin services-ex. military training.
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Timber Culture Act
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this land ownership oppurtunity passed in 1873 gave a new chance for prospective land owners in the west to buy 160 acres on the condition that trees would be grown on 40 of the 160 acres in 10 years
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National Reclamation Act
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1902, added 1 million acres of irrigated land and states added more than 10 million acres
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General Land Revision Act of 1891
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Act which gave the president the power to establish forest reserves to protect watersheds against the threats posed by lumbering, overgrazing, and forest fires
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Forest Management Act
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1897 act which, along with the National Reclamation Act, set the federal government on the path of large-scale regulatory activities
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Omaha Act of 1882
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Act which allowed the establishment of individual title to tribal lands
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Dawes Severalty Act
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1887 law terminating tribal ownership of land and alloting some parcels of land to individual Indians with the remainder opened for white settlement
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Vertical Integration
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Consolidation of numerous production functions, from the extraction of the raw materials to the distribution and marketing of the finished products, under the direction of one firm
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Horizontal Combination
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The merger of competitors in the same industry
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Gospel of Wealth
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Thesis that hard work and perseverance lead to wealth, implying that poverty is a character flaw
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Act that suspened Chinese immigration, limited the civil rights of resident Chinese, and forbade their naturalization
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Knights of Labor
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Labor union founded in 1869 that included skilled and unskilled workers irrespective of race or gender
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American Federation of Labor
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Union forme in 1886 that orgaanized skilled workers along craft lines and emphasized a few workplace issues rather than a broad social program
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Tenements
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4 to 6 story residential dwellings, once common in NY, built on tiny lots without regard to providing ventilation or light
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Gilded Age
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Term applied to late 19th century America that refers to the shallow display and worship of wealth characteristics of that period
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Conspicuous Consumption
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Highly visible displays of wealth and consumption
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Women's Educational and Industrial Union
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Boston organization offering classes to wage- earning women
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Andrew Carnegie
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Steel, Vertical Integration
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Consolidated 13 RRs creating the NY central RR system
