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MUSH - Study Guide for Final Exam. Items to know and study. Study the thirty words in your vocabulary section of notebook. These are on the class word wall. Poll tax through Imperialism. You will have to explain the historical significance of each word. Some questions will have you read and interpret documents. Analyze these carefully and thoroughly before answering. Below is more information you will need to know for the final. Study this information: 1. Most scientists believe that the first Americans traveled from Asia over a land bridge. 2. During the 1760s, American colonists rebelled against the British for raising the colonists’ taxes. 3. During the Renaissance, European kingdoms competed for access to Asia and Africa. 4. Missionaries came to the Americas to convert Native Americans to Christianity. 5. Jay’s Treaty angered many Americans because it allowed the British to restrict U.S. shipping 6. Andrew Jackson weakened the National Bank by revoking the National Bank’s charter. 7. Revivalist Charles Grandison Finney believed that individual moral reform would lead to an end to slavery. 8. Opportunities for a woman to obtain an education in the early 1800’s were almost nonexistent. 9. The Whigs and the Know-Nothings joined to form the Republican Party. 10. During the election of 1860, John C. Breckinridge promised to expand slavery into the new territories. 11. In his first inaugural address Lincoln promised to preserve the Union. 12. The key goal of the Unions Anaconda Plan was to cut off the south from resources and starving it into submission 13. The battle of Gettysburg was the last major attempt by the Confederacy to invade the North 14. The Free-Soil Party wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into the western territories 15. The Kansas Nebraska Act resulted in violence between proslavery and antislavery forces. 16. The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision widened the growing decision over slavery 17. In the election of 1860 Lincoln won almost 60% of the electoral vote. 18. The Confederate constitution implied that the states had the right to secede. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. The effect of the Dred Scott decision was that the Missouri compromise was declared unconstitutional. The Civil War ended with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. The KKK wanted to prevent African Americans from voting in elections Steel changed peoples lives by making possible construction of skyscrapers Electricity extended the number of hours in a day Americans could work and play. The Sherman Antitrust act put limitations on large corporations Corporations had the important advantage of reducing the financial risk of investors Horizontal integration takes many firms involved in the same business and combines into one giant company. Travel accommodations for most immigrants into the U.S. were dirty, crowded, and unhealthy. At immigrant processing stations officials had to determine their medical condition and legal standing. The middle-class lifestyle of the Guilded Age emphasized a renewed interest in acquiring goods. Advertising began to influence consumption patterns. That is it encouraged people to buy their products. After the civil war the cost of living decreased because technology was making manufacturing more efficient. The Chautauqua Circuit had its roots in a camp for Sunday school teachers. Local and state laws would revoke the civil rights of Southern Blacks The first great boom or growth in the West was caused by the railroads. Native American civilizations were threatened by disease introduced by white settlers. Whites accused Chinese workers on the West Coast of taking “white” jobs. The Populist Party suggested the coinage of free silver to raise crop prices and reduce debt. Progressive and political cartoonist Thomas Nast worked to expose the illegal activities of “Boss” Tweed. Theordore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that did business fairly In the 1913 Ludlow Coal miners strike The Colorado National Guard opened fire on the miners’ tent city. Woodrow Wilson wanted to place strict controls on corporations. The attack upon Fort Sumter was the location that started the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Radical Republicans favored punishment and reorganization of the South The Emancipation Proclamation encouraged slaves in the South to help the Union cause 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to join the Union as a free state The Anaconda Plan was a Northern plan to starve the South into submission. John C. Breckinridge was the 1860 Southern Democratic nominee. The KKK used terror and violence against African AMericans The Freedman’s Bureau was a federal agency to aid the freed slaves in the South. General Sherman lead a destructive march through Georgia and South Carolina. Mass Production turned out large numbers of products quickly and inexpensively An entrepreneur invests money in a business to make profit A monopoly is when a company has complete control of a product or service. John D. Rockefeller was an oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to increase profits A corporation is a business in which the ownership is shared. A sweatshop is a small, hot,dirty,workhouse Thomas Edison invented affordable lighting for homes. Andrew Carnegie made his money in Steel and practiced vertical integration. The transcontinental railroad was a rail link between the East and the West The Little Bighorn battle was the site of a victory led by Crazy Horse, over 250 U.S. soldiers led by General George Custer A reservation is a specific area set aside by the U.S. government for the use of Indians A vigilante is a self appointed enforcer of the law. The Civil RIghts Act of 1875 allowed blacks the right to ride trains and use other public facilities. Sand Creek Massacre was where over 100 fleeing Indians were killed by U.S. troops. To assimilate is to absorb into the culture of a population or group. A cash crop is a crop grown not for its own use but to be sold for cash. The open range describes a system by which cattle were allowed to graze freely on unfenced property Short Answer: Research this information and be ready to respond in writing. ! ! ! Why did the freedman struggle under the Sharecropping system? ! ! ! Describe ways in which the federal government tried to regulate business in the late 1800’s. How effective were these regulations?