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HY 121:Exam 13 major industries: - correct answer ✔✔Mining, ranching, and farming
What did the Indians mostly rely on? - correct answer ✔✔Buffalo
T/F Was the bureau Indian affairs a very corrupt organization? - correct answer ✔✔True
Who wins the battle of Little Bighorn? - correct answer ✔✔The Indians; they end up killing a lot of
military including General George Custer
Tammy Hall - correct answer ✔✔a political machine in New York City
General Wyler - correct answer ✔✔General Weyler Spanish military leader who took Cuba in February of
1896 and turned towns into concentration camps.
John D. Rockefeller - correct answer ✔✔Established the Standard Oil Company, the greatest, wisest, and
meanest monopoly known in history
Henry Ford - correct answer ✔✔United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass
production (1863-1947).
William Tweed - correct answer ✔✔N.Y. political boss (did not hold a political office) controlled the
Democratic political machine known as Tammany Hall; Stole $200 million form New York City
Andrew Carnegie - correct answer ✔✔A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who
founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel
industry.
, J.P. Morgan - correct answer ✔✔Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames it to U.S. Steel. Was a
philanthropist in a way; he gave all the money needed for WWI and was payed back. Was one of the
"Robber barons"
Thomas Edison - correct answer ✔✔American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb,
acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.
General George Custer - correct answer ✔✔Commander of the 7th Cavalry. Killed at the Battle of Little
Big Horn in 1876.
Frederick Jackson Turner - correct answer ✔✔American historian in the early 20th century best known
for his essay *"The Significance of the Frontier in American History"* in which he argued that the spirit
and success of the United States was directly tied to the country's westward expansion.
Sioux Leaders - correct answer ✔✔Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Indian Peace Commission - correct answer ✔✔Established in 1867 to end the Indian wars in the West,
the commission's solution was to contain the Indians in a system of reservations.
The Indian reorganization act - correct answer ✔✔1934 - Restored tribal ownership of lands, recognized
tribal constitutions and government, and provided loans for economic development.
T/F Was the Dawes Act successful into integrating the American Indians into the American way of life? -
correct answer ✔✔No, it failed due to the Indians not being ready or having a desire for it
What was the largest Indian group ? - correct answer ✔✔Plain Indians
What Act turned over Dawes Act (1887)? - correct answer ✔✔The Indian Reorganization Act 1934
What did Alfred Thayer Mahan believe ? - correct answer ✔✔Whichever country had the strongest Navy
was going to be the strongest and most stable country at the time.
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