us history S1
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- wounded knee
- for many native americans, this was miserable.they had to depend on farming(a shameful occupation for hunters like the Sioux)and on meager government handouts. in their poverty, their children starved to death before their parents eyes.
- the little big horn
- the treaty that had ended red clouds war and promised the indians exclusive rights to the land in and around the black hills in dakota.
- why did the north win the war?
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*more soldiers
*more factories
*more railroad miles
*they interfered with shipping food and killed crops. - election of 1860
- southerners believed that this election should be nullified b/c not a single southern state voted for lincoln.
- dred scott case
- went against the 5th amendment. opened all territories to slavery.
- nullification crisis of 1832
- southern states threatened to sucede due to tariffs.
- what are the slave states that stayed the union?
- deleware, maryland, west virginia, and missouri
- what states consisted of the confederacy?
- virginia, north carolina, south carolina, georgia, florida, louisiana, texas, arkansas, alabama, mississippi, and tennessee.
- what states consisted of the union?
- maine, new hampshire, vermont, new york, rhode island, connecticut, new jersey, deleware, massachusetts, pennsylvania, maryland, west virginia, kentucky, missouri, ohio, indiana, michigan, wisconsin, minnesota, iowa, kansas, oregon, and california.
- expansionists
- people with a policy of expanding a nations territory or influence.
- glycerine
- a colorless, odorless, syrupy, liquid used to preserve foods.
- borax
- a chemical used to soften water, cleansing agent, and perservative.
- plant
- a place where things are manufactured/processed.
- capacity
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1.the ability to hold/store
2.the ability to do something(competency) - soda
- a chemical with many uses when combined with other chemicals. mostly used as a cleanser or perservative.
- pickling
- a brine or vinegar solution in which foods are preserved.
- the homestead act was established in__________.
- 1862
- a half of an half of a quarter is______acres.
- 40
- a half quarter of a section is ______acres
- 80
- a quarter of a section is _______ acres
- 160
- a half of a section is _________ acres
- 320
- one section is _________ acres
- 640
- a township is ______ miles long and ______ miles wide
- 6,6
- a township consists of _______ sections
- 36
- trusts
- led to the passage of the anti trust act in 1890
- rebates and pools
- led to th passage of the interstate commerce act in 1887
- formation of corporations
- raise money, act as individuals
- advertising
- provided the answer to the concerns of the modern merchandiser
- chain stores
- every one would eventually shop at a variety of department and chain stores
- refridgeration for rail road cars
- allowed beef to be shipped safely
- air brakes
- made ride softer
- telegraph
- made rail road traffic safer by helping prevent collisions
- bessemer process
- allowed steel companies to produce a better quality steel that was cheaper
- haymarket affair
- workers struck for an 8 hour day. police killed several strikers while breaking up the strikes. this led to the end of "the knights of labor"
- department stores
- offered consumers a wide range of goods
- mail order business
- allowed merchants to reach people living in rural areas
- open door policy
- the policy proposed by the us in 1899 for keeping chinese ports open to trade of all nations.
- sleeping cars
- made rail traffic more comfortable
- what was the first state to leave the union?
- south carolina
- ingenious aparatus
- a labor saving device/machine.