People
In the 1850’s these two people, one in the United States and one in England, discovered that blasting air through molten iron produced high-quality steel.
Founder of the Standard Oil company
John D. Rockefeller
This party often consisted of Catholics, Lutherans, and Jews who who objected to temperance and prohibition crusades conducted by Protestant groups
What is Democratic?
Most “old” immigrants were what religion
What is Protestant ?
This act encouraged farming on the Great Plains by offering 160 acres of public land free to any family that settled on it for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act ?
This person in New York made the large department store the place to shop in urban centers.
R.H. Macy
The National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry was organized in 1868 by
Who is Oliver H. Kelly ?
Mugwumps were people of this party who favored reform and did not play the patronage game
What is the Republican Party ?
Most “ new” immigrants were these religions
Bonus for multiple answers
What is Roman Catholic ?
-Greek Orthodox +100
-Russian Orthodox +300
-Jewish +500
This act prohibited further immigration to the United States by Chinese laborers?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act ?
Inventor of the electric light-bulb
Who is Thomas Edison ?
Leader in the belief of Social Darwinism
Who is Herbert Spencer ?
In the election of 1896 this party nominated William Jennings Bryan
What is the Populist Party ?
The discovery of gold near _____ in 1859 brought nearly a 100,000 miners to this area
What is Pike’s Peak Colorado ?
This act was designed to break up tribal organizations and divided tribal lands into plots of 160 acres, depending on family size.
What is the Dawes Act ?
Owner of the five and ten cent store brought nationwide chain stores to the towns and urban neighborhoods.
Who is Frank Woolworth?
Writer of the article “Gospel of Wealth”
Who is Andrew Carnegie ?
In the election 1880 this political party was know as Stalwarts.
What is Democratic ?
1/3 of western miners were ____ immigrants.
What is Chinese ?
This act prohibited any “contract, combination, in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce.”
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act ?
The first U.S. oil well was drilled in 1859 in Pennsylvania by
Who is Edwin Drake ?
He first used the expressions, “Gilded Age”
Who is Mark Twain ?
This party included Union Veterans, African Americans, reformers, men in business and middle class Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
What is the Republican party ?
First state to grant full suffrage to women
What is Wyoming ?
This case upheld racial segregation and helped to mark the end of most of the political gains African Americans made during Reconstruction?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson ?