RR/Business
People
Immigrants/NA
Gov/AA
Misc.
100
What is the transcontinental railroad? What did it connect? Where did it start?
A railroad that connected the East to the West beginning in Omaha, Nebraska
100
Who is Andrew Carnegie and what was his impact on industrialization?
Steel man. Cheaper way to make steel. Ex: skyscraper, railroads
100
What is Ellis Island ?
Place to process immigrants
100
What were Jim Crowe Laws? How are they related to black codes?
Segregation laws in the South that took the place of black codes.
100
What was the Progressive movement about?
Reforming the problems in the city
200
What two groups of immigrants worked on the railroads? How were they treated?
Irish and Chinese; they were treated horribly
200
Who is John D. Rockerfeller and what was his impact on industrialization?
Oil man. First to create a monopoly
200
What kind of impact did immigrants have on the formation of cities?
Populated cities and worked in factories
200
What is the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson?
Supreme Court ruled separate but equal
200
What was the significance of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?
Exposed the meat packing industry and started the FDA
300
What was the purpose of labor unions?
to get better working hours and wages
300
Who is Sitting Bull?
Chief of the Sioux
300
What is the significance of the battle of Wounded Knee Creek?
Last battle between whites and Native Americans
300
What was President Teddy Roosevelt responsible for starting?
National Parks
300
What is the significance of Jane Addam's Hull House?
Settlement house that helped immigrant women
400
What is the Pullman strike and its significance?
A railroad strike due to poor wages
400
What is the significance of Ida Tarbell?
She exposed Rockerfeller's trust system
400
Where were most of the immigrants coming from in the late 1800s?
Eastern and Southern Europe
400
What is the 17th & 19th amendment?
17th--> directly elect senators...19th--> women's suffrage
400
What was the purpose of starting the NAACP?
Expose the injustices of segregation in the South
500
Who used the trust system? What was the trust system and why was it used?
Rockerfeller; he trusted others to run his company but, he still got all the profits. It was used to not have a monopoly.
500
Who is Samuel Gompers? What organization did he start?
President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
500
What is nativism?
Extreme hatred for immigrants
500
Describe each of these: initiative, referendum, recall
Initiative--> Start a law Referendum--> Vote on a law Recall--> Remove local officials from office
500
Describe Thomas Edison's three inventions and their impacts: Phonograph, motion picture machine, and light bulb
Phonograph--> recording machine that helped the blind Motion Picture--> entertainment Light bulb--> provided light for longer working hours
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