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100

Invented the telephone

Who is Alexander Graham Bell
100

Developed the alternating current (ac) and became a competitor to Thomas Edison

Who is Nikola Tesla

100

This became the symbol of mistreatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government

What is the Wounded Knee Massacre
100

Chicago was destroyed by a fire in this year

What is 1871

100

This structure was the first to use an all-steel frame succesfully

What is the Wainwright Building

200

Invented the practical commercial typewriter

Who is Christopher Sholes

200
led the Sioux war party against George Armstrong Custer and his men at Little Bighorn

Who is Crazy Horse

200

Final territory settled in the West

What is the Oklahoma Territory

200

Transcontinental railroad was completed

What is 1869

300

Invented barbed wire

Who is Joseph Farwell Glidden

300

Owned the largest steel company in the world

Who was Andrew Carnegie

300

Gold was discovered here and led to the conflict with the Sioux Nation

Where is Black Hills

300

Worlds Fair was held in Chicago

1893

400

Invented safety elevator

Who is Elisha Otis

400

The first Democratic president after the Civil War

Who is George Cleveland

400

This medical school was the first to practice extensive medical research

What is Johns Hopkins

400

The year several thousand freedman migrated westward

Exodus of 1898
500

Introduced crop rotation to the South

Who is Geoge Washington Carver

500

Who founded the Standard Oil Company of Ohio

Who was John D. Rockefeller

500

First state to give full political privileges to women

What is Wyoming

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