People
Immigrants/Urbanization Category
Turn of the 20th Century
World War I
The Roaring 20's
100
Christopher Sholes invented this
What is the typewriter
100
The Chinese Exclusion Act decreased immigration from where
What is China
100
The created and led the first airplane into flight
Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright
100
Imperialist competition, stockpiling of weapons, and European nationalism were all causes of
What is World War I
100
The first use of airplanes was for
What is mail carrying
200
What did Edwin L. Drake use to remove the oil from the Earth
What is the steam engine
200
These buildings shared side walls with other buildings to save space in crowded towns
What are row houses
200
George Eastman invented this as a way to to capture moments
What is the roll-film camera
200
Country to suffer the fewest number of casualties in The First World War
Who is The United States
200
This raised taxes on goods entering the United States to almost 60% in help to protect American businesses
What is the Fordney-McCumber Tariff
300
Eugene V. Debs ran this and later ran for president
What is the American Railway Union
300
Graft is the illegal of this for personal gain
What is political influence
300
W.E.B. Du Bois thought that this particular race should immediately join the mainstream of society
Who are blacks
300
This act said that all men had to register for the miltitary
What is The Selective Service Act
300
The main factor that caused urban sprawl in the 1920's and that completely changed the lives of all people
What is the automobile
400
Mary Harries Jones organized miners, women and children to fight for this
What is better working conditions
400
The skyscrapers, first designed by Louis Sullivan, were now possible because of these two new inventions
What are steel and the elevator
400
Ida B. Wells tried to protect these people from being lynched
Who are African Americans
400
These acts gave the government permission to silence ideas that went against the highest authority
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts
400
Mitchell Palmer believed he needed to work to protect the Americans from these people
Who are political radicals
500
Andrew Carnegie made a fortune in this industry but donated most of his profits
What is the steel industry
500
This required that applicants of government jobs must pass examinations in order to obtain a job
What is The Pendleton Civil Service Act
500
Booker T. Washington created the Tuskegee Institute to work to help African Americans obtain these types of skills
What are useful job skills
500
The United States joining the war after Russia's oppressive monarchy was replaced justified that the Americans were fighting this type of war
What is a moral war
500
The economic situations on farms, the number of products purchased on credit, and the income gaps were all signs that the prosperity of the 1920's was
What is superficial
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