Wild West
In which state did the Union Pacific Railway Company and Central Pacific Railway Company connect together creating the first transcontinental railroad?
What is Utah
The Populists platform of bimetalism called for a monetary system based on what two metals
What is silver and gold
Who was the political boss of New York City's Tammany Hall political machine in the late 1800s?
Who is Boss Tweed
What was one of the first large major labor unions in the USA that was led by Terrence Powderly?
What is the Knights of Labor
What was the nickname given to the Progressive Writers in the late 1800s who address the social ills of the inner city?
What is the Muckrakers
What invention closed off the frontier and ended the traditional cowboy way of life?
What is Barbed Wire
Farmers could not get the government to address the unfair railroad rates because the government followed what "hands off" policy in dealing with economic concerns?
What is Laissez-Faire
The immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe in the late 1800s were called what?
What is the New Immigrants
Who was the cigar maker who started a skilled union called the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Who is Samuel Gompers
What was th title of Upton Sinclair's book about the Meat Packing Industry in the late 1800s?
What is The Jungle
What animal was almost hunted to the point of extinction by the railway companies?
What is the Buffalo
Which Populists amendment called for the direct election of Senators?
What is the 17th Amendment
What group of immigrants were not allowed to enter the United States after 1882?
What is the Chinese
What is the labor union tactic used to stop all work until certain demands are met?
What is a strike
Which amendment called for the Prohibition of alcohol?
What is the 18th Amendment
Who invented the steel plow?
Who is John Deere
Who was the Democratic candidate in three separate presidential elections who strongly supported Populists views?
Who is William Jennings Bryan
What type of poor housing did many immigrants have to live in the late 1800s?
What is a Tenement
What is the Haymarket Riots
Where did the women's rights movement start in 1848?
What is Seneca Falls, New York
What the Dawes Act
What kind of tax did the Populists call for with the 16th Amendment?
What was the nickname for the multicultural effect of having so many different ethnic groups entering the USA in the late 1800s?
What is the Melting Pot Effect
What is the tactic of bringing in a neutral third party to settle disputes between labor unions and big business?
What is arbitration
What was the title of the book written by Jacob Riis about life in the tenements?
What is How the Other Half Live