DE US HISTORY EXAM 1 ASSESSMENT
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ANSWERS.GRADE A+
Allowed republican Rutherford B. Hayes to take office. Marked the end of reconstruction - answer ✔✔-
Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877 (significance)
wanted to change the way people thought about the south during/after reconstruction; Things will only
improve in the South by industrialization instead of relying only on cotton; reinforced white supremacy -
answer ✔✔-New South
Reconstruction was a bitter period. Northerners wanted to punish the south. Resulted in taxes on
former confederates and landowners in the south. They got hit with over 5 years of taxes at one time;
Circus of corruption post-reconstruction; whites in the south responded in violence (KKK etc.) Racism
was revealed in the North - answer ✔✔-Post-reconstruction
farmers had to give the landowner 50% of his crop at the end of the year; lots of times, farmers owed
more than what they had and were forced to sign another year-long contract; this led to farmers going
deeper into debt as the years go on; Farmers needed land worked into crops to sell so they could survive
and Freedmen needed work/land to farm so they could survive - answer ✔✔-sharecropping episode 1
wanted to develop industry; encouraged people to use natural resources; wanted to get the attention of
investors. Diverse crops; believed southerners needed to change their ways; advocated that taxes and
government services would be low - answer ✔✔-"new south" advocates
people flooded into the West and into Indian territories - answer ✔✔-effect of discovery of gold
Indian dance prohibited by the U.S. Government (because it was part of a spiritual movement that
spread across the West - answer ✔✔-ghost dance
, last major armed resistance of the Plains Indians; huge number of Sioux men, women, and children were
killed by the U.S. Army - answer ✔✔-wounded knee massacre
Standard Oil.- Horizontal integration helped him grow his business. He controlled 90 to 95 percent of all
the refineries in the us. Rockefeller produced kerosin he also produced lubricants and oils and gasoline. -
answer ✔✔-John D. Rockefeller (standard oil)
Horizontal integration, vertical integration; he had good relationship with banker J.P. Morgan so he
could borrow and invest heavily against his competition - answer ✔✔-Rockefeller's tactics
founder of Carnegie steel - answer ✔✔-Andrew Carnegie
banker- financed industrial consolidations that formed general electric, US steel, and international
harvesters. Had the first billion dollar company (U.S. Steel) - answer ✔✔-J. P. Morgan
skilled AND unskilled workers; pushed for equal pay for men AND women, whites AND blacks - answer
✔✔-knights of labor episode 2
the haymarket massacre was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on
may 4,1886 at the haymarket square in chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers
striking for an eight hour work day, the day police killed one and injured several workers. - answer ✔✔-
Haymarket Affair
feared that unskilled laborers would lead to a loss of what they referred to as craft identity. Was a
federation of SKILLED workers' unions only that pushed for better hours, conditions, and wages - answer
✔✔-american federation of labor
One of the early leaders of the American Federation of Labor. Samuel Gompers really liked to
concentrate on issues that impact our pocket books (hourly wages, hours that will be worked in a week,
lastly overtime). He led the AFOL from its creation in 1886 until 1924. He was an innovator. The
members grew strongly over time.-- supported the use of strikes but preferred negotiations to win fair
conditions for workers - answer ✔✔-samuel gompers
FULLY DETAILED | VERIFIED WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS.GRADE A+
Allowed republican Rutherford B. Hayes to take office. Marked the end of reconstruction - answer ✔✔-
Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877 (significance)
wanted to change the way people thought about the south during/after reconstruction; Things will only
improve in the South by industrialization instead of relying only on cotton; reinforced white supremacy -
answer ✔✔-New South
Reconstruction was a bitter period. Northerners wanted to punish the south. Resulted in taxes on
former confederates and landowners in the south. They got hit with over 5 years of taxes at one time;
Circus of corruption post-reconstruction; whites in the south responded in violence (KKK etc.) Racism
was revealed in the North - answer ✔✔-Post-reconstruction
farmers had to give the landowner 50% of his crop at the end of the year; lots of times, farmers owed
more than what they had and were forced to sign another year-long contract; this led to farmers going
deeper into debt as the years go on; Farmers needed land worked into crops to sell so they could survive
and Freedmen needed work/land to farm so they could survive - answer ✔✔-sharecropping episode 1
wanted to develop industry; encouraged people to use natural resources; wanted to get the attention of
investors. Diverse crops; believed southerners needed to change their ways; advocated that taxes and
government services would be low - answer ✔✔-"new south" advocates
people flooded into the West and into Indian territories - answer ✔✔-effect of discovery of gold
Indian dance prohibited by the U.S. Government (because it was part of a spiritual movement that
spread across the West - answer ✔✔-ghost dance
, last major armed resistance of the Plains Indians; huge number of Sioux men, women, and children were
killed by the U.S. Army - answer ✔✔-wounded knee massacre
Standard Oil.- Horizontal integration helped him grow his business. He controlled 90 to 95 percent of all
the refineries in the us. Rockefeller produced kerosin he also produced lubricants and oils and gasoline. -
answer ✔✔-John D. Rockefeller (standard oil)
Horizontal integration, vertical integration; he had good relationship with banker J.P. Morgan so he
could borrow and invest heavily against his competition - answer ✔✔-Rockefeller's tactics
founder of Carnegie steel - answer ✔✔-Andrew Carnegie
banker- financed industrial consolidations that formed general electric, US steel, and international
harvesters. Had the first billion dollar company (U.S. Steel) - answer ✔✔-J. P. Morgan
skilled AND unskilled workers; pushed for equal pay for men AND women, whites AND blacks - answer
✔✔-knights of labor episode 2
the haymarket massacre was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on
may 4,1886 at the haymarket square in chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers
striking for an eight hour work day, the day police killed one and injured several workers. - answer ✔✔-
Haymarket Affair
feared that unskilled laborers would lead to a loss of what they referred to as craft identity. Was a
federation of SKILLED workers' unions only that pushed for better hours, conditions, and wages - answer
✔✔-american federation of labor
One of the early leaders of the American Federation of Labor. Samuel Gompers really liked to
concentrate on issues that impact our pocket books (hourly wages, hours that will be worked in a week,
lastly overtime). He led the AFOL from its creation in 1886 until 1924. He was an innovator. The
members grew strongly over time.-- supported the use of strikes but preferred negotiations to win fair
conditions for workers - answer ✔✔-samuel gompers
