Schooled:
Education in the Industrial Revolution
I Will Go West:
The Eastern and Western Economies in the Industrial Revolution
Way Down South: The Southern Economy in the Industrial Revolution
Econ 101:
Economics in the U.S.
If You Build It:
Newark Innovators
100
Laws which required children of U.S. citizens and immigrants to attend school after the age of 4 were called
Compulsory Education Laws
100
During the Industrial Revolution, the economy of the West was based mostly on this.
Farming
100
During the Industrial Revolution, the economy of the south was based mainly on this.
Plantation farming.
100
A time in a country during which there are many jobs available and many businesses opening is called this.
Economic expansion
100
This innovator is known for his contributions to leather and iron.
Seth Boyden.
200
This education advocate and politician believed that education was the "great equalizer."
Horace Mann
200
This act allowed many farmers to move west and provided food and money to the U.S. government.
the Homestead Act.
200
In the South after the Civil War, this group did much of the manual labor (fieldwork, harvesting, etc)
Former slaves.
200
A tax on foreign imports is called this.
Tariff.
200
This innovator is known for creating the first useful industrial plastic, called "celluloid."
John Wesley Hyatt.
300
The term "kill the Indian to save the man" was referring to this.
Educating Native American children in U.S. schools
300
This act forced Native Americans off their land unless they agreed to leave their tribes and become U.S. citizens.
Dawes Act.
300
These three crops were the main items sold in the post-Civil War southern economy.
Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar.
300
The U.S. government raises tariffs because it helps the economy by doing this:
Pushes people to buy more U.S.-made products.
300
Edward Weston was known as an innovator because of this contribution.
Electricity innovations which led to Newark becoming an industrial city.
400
Horace Mann believed that education would eliminate this major problem in the U.S.
Poverty
400
During the Industrial Revolution, the Eastern economy was based mainly on this.
Factories and Industry
400
Many formers slaves remained in the south after the Civil War and took jobs similar to what they had done before because of this.
They had very little money and could not afford their own land.
400
Andrew Carnegie was able to start his steel empire during an economic recession because of this
Businesses are sold very cheaply.
400
Many innovators were granted protection for their inventions by the U.S. government in the form of these.
Patents.
500
the case Plessy v. Ferguson made this legal in the United States.
Segregation (of schools)
500
This group was added to the Homestead Act during the Civil War in order to help the Union win.
Blacks/Former slaves.
500
Factory jobs in the south after the Civil War were held primarily by this group.
Whites
500
Three reasons the U.S. economy went into recessions during the Industrial Revolution were these:
Natural causes (droughts, earthquakes, insects), monopolies and trusts, overpopulation.
500
Thomas Edison's contribution to Newark's history was the invention of this while here.
The stock ticker.
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