Immigration
Provide a definition for "the American Dream"
What is something about opportunity??!!
2 programs that helped youth in cities (hints: song and local importance)
What is YMCA and Boys Town?
Who is William Howard Taft?
3 territories the US gained after winning the Spanish American War:
What are Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines?
inventor of the lightbulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
List 5 countries from which people immigrated to America:
What are pretty much any- as long as they are countries?
Define tenement:
What is a multi-family crowded living space?
2 presidents that were assassinated in this era:
Who is William McKinley and James Garfield?
the phrase, used to build excitement for the Spanish American War, after an event where a ship exploded:
What is "Remember the Maine?"
due to trains that spanned our nation, created these 4 time zones:
What are Pacific / Mountain / Central / Eastern?
2 push factors for immigration
What is poverty / wars / religious persecution / political tyranny?
3 risks of city living
What is fire, pollution, crime, disease, and violence?
man from Nebraska, led populist party, 3x loser of presidential race
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
new state, after overthrow of Queen and annexation by USA
What is Hawaii?
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
2 pull factors of immigration:
What is land, jobs, higher standard of living, democracy?
What are literacy tests?
known for leading Rough Riders in Cuba and starting National Parks
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
define yellow journalism:
What is using false information to attract readers?
Inventor of telephone:
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
1 similarity and 1 difference: Angel Island v Ellis Island
What is..... judgement call!!!?
example of a city that grew big in this era:
What is .... NYC Chicago etc???
other than Pres. Trump, this man is the only other president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms:
Who is Grover Cleveland?
body of water the US finished in 1914, big money maker:
What is the Panama Canal?
man associated with steel business and philanthropy due to his funding of libraries:
Who is Andrew Carnegie?