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100
These western towns sprang up almost over night as prospectors hoped to strike it rich mining for gold and other minerals.
What is a boomtown?
100
Invented by Samuel Morse in 1844.
What is the telegraph and Morse Code?
100
This businessman founded the Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
100
Germany, Italy, and Japan. (World War II)
What are the Axis Powers?
100
Congress passed this act in 1862 which gave 160 free acres of land to settlers who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act?
200
These towns became deserted as prospectors moved on to more promising sites or returned home.
What is a ghost town.
200
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell and revolutionized communication.
What is the telephone?
200
Garment workers toiled in this crowded urban factories.
What is a sweatshop?
200
Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the U.S. (World War II)
Who are the Allies?
200
In 1867 the Indian Peace Commission recommended moving Native Americans to these.
What are reservations?
300
This routes spanned the continent and connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
300
This inventor developed the first electric lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
300
Nearly 150 young workers died in this factory fire.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
300
President Franklin D. Roosevelt communicated words of encouragement to the American people during the Great Depression.
What are "fireside chats?"
400
The belief that Americans should settle the continent from coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
This man invented the first affordable automobile.
Who is Henry Ford?
400
This president made the difficult decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
400
Yellow journalism was a contributing factor in the United States' involvement in this war.
What is the Spanish-American War?
500
Animal used by Native Americans for food, clothing, and shelter.
What is the bison?
500
Henry Ford pioneered this new, less expensive way to manufacture cars.
What is the assembly line?
500
Twin Towers in NYC were attacked by terrorists on this date.
What is September 11, 2001?
500
This 1920s author wrote The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
500
This event on October 29, 1929 caused many banks to close.
What is the stock market crash?
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