Geology Chapter 3: Study Guide Flashcards

Using simple equipment to mine.

Dig deep under the surface; blow up holes and then mine.

Richest silver mine in the U.S.; Six-Mile, Nevada; found by Henry Comstock.

<p>People began to build cattle ranches and farming homesteads; in the center of the U.S.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People who volunteered to track down and punish wrongdoers in boom towns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Breed descended from Spanish cattle; could go long ways without water—perfect for herding long distances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1862 government supported settlement in Great Plains; $10 to get home and if organized after 5 years could keep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wrote 'A Century of Dishonor' in 1881; highlighted the injustices faced by Native Americans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Native Americans were absorbed into American society as landowners and citizens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1887 allotted to each household 160 acres of reservation land for farming; single adults 80 acres; children 40 acres; for Native Americans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Total value of all goods and services produced by a country.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Could be turned into kerosene-lamps and stoves; kerosene fueled economic expansion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Let do'; government shouldn't interfere with the economy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taxes on imported goods, to protect American industries from foreign competition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1862, Abraham Lincoln signed; provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Government encouraged railroad construction by giving land surrounding tracks to railroad companies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Theory of socialism; a class struggle would exist until workers were victorious, creating a classless society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a single person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scottish immigrant; owner of steel company; began vertical and horizontal integration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Company owns all businesses it depends on for operation; purchases all companies at all levels of production.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Combining many firms engaged in the same business into one large corporation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Technique for breaking a union; owner doesn't allow workers on property, hires 'scabs' to replace them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organizations of workers that hope to use collective bargaining to demand higher wages and better working conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Denis Kearney; 1870's to fight Chinese immigration; gets seats in legislature; made a national issue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Established in 1910; house and process Asian immigrants in California.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Established in 1892; New York Harbor, where European immigrants were processed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Informal group designed to gain and keep power within a city; exchange for votes provided necessities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Corrupt leader of Tammany Hall, the New York Democratic political machine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A time that seemed prosperous in cities and industrialization but was actually corrupt and poverty-filled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Idea that anyone could rise in society regardless of humble origins; Horatio Alger.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Herbert Spencer's theory; society progresses because only the fittest survive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Washington Gladden's movement to improve conditions in cities based on biblical ideals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Andrew Carnegie's belief that those who profit from society owe it something in return.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Author of 'Progress and Poverty'; criticized unfair employer treatment; raised questions about American society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neighborhoods of middle-class families that helped poor residents by providing healthcare and lunches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>African American leader who started the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>First federal law designed to regulate interstate commerce.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Set up a civil service system with appointments based on examination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A movement to increase farmers' political power and to work for legislation in their interest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Laws aimed to print more greenbacks and silver coins; set maximum rates for railroads.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>National farm association.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A supporter of silver; ran for president; populists had to endorse him or risk splitting votes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Separation of races.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Statutes enforcing segregation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Leader of a new generation of African American activists; fought for voting rights and against discrimination.</p> Signup and view all the answers