US History Midterm

Front

What was the Homestead Act?

Back

The act provided anyone over the age of 21 with 160 acres of land for a small filing fee.

Front

Where did the Transcontinental RR meet? Options: San Francisco, California; Promontory, Utah; Memphis, Tennessee; Omaha, Nebraska

Back

Promontory, Utah

Front

What was the ruling on the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson?

Back

Separate but equal is constitutional

Front

William "Boss" Tweed was known for what?

Back

Controlling elections, and giving favors away to immigrants to stay in control

Front

Thomas Nast was known for what?

Back

Political cartoonist exposing the Gilded Age

Front

What industry did the Interstate Commerce Act regulate?

Back

Railroads

Front

Why was the Pendleton Act significant?

Back

Got rid of the spoils system

Front

Who created the Social Darwinism theory?

Back

William Graham Sumner

Front

Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?

Back

Booker T. Washington

Front

Who created the NAACP?

Back

W.E.B. Du Bois