Reconstruction
Technology and Tycoons
The Wild Wild West
Cities and Immigration
What Time(Zone) is it?
100
The LITERAL meaning of the Reconstruction Era
what is, rebuild the southern US [destroyed during the Civil War]
100
This innovative form of transportation was mostly built by Chinese and Irish immigrants.
what is the Transcontinental Railroad?
100
This valuable material lured many prospectors to seek fortune in the West
What is gold.
100
This was one of the immigration centers people would pass through before becoming citizens of the United States
What is Ellis\Angel Island
100
The great state of New Jersey is in this Time Zone
Eastern
200
This man was President of the United States for the majority of the Reconstruction Era
Who is Andrew Johnson? 
200
Term used to describe a business tycoons' complete control over a specific industry (think of famous board games)
What is a monopoly
200
This battle could be considered a humiliating defeat for the US Army
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
200
The Statue of Liberty is made of this kind of metal
What is Copper
200
The largest state in the CONTINENTAL US is in what time zone(s)
What is Central and Mountain time Zone (Texas)
300
The FIGURATIVE meaning\goal of the Reconstruction Era.
What is, rebuild the south in a way that accommodates\ helps the Freedmen [jobs, education, civil rights]?
300
This man had a monopoly on the steel industry during this time period.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
300
This animal, considered sacred to many Native American Tribes, was hunted down almost to extinction by western settlers\homsteaders
what is the Buffalo?
300
An organization of workers who try to negotiate fairer wages and conditions for their job
What are Labor Unions?
300
these are the names of the four time zones in the continental United States.
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
400
This system, which involved many Freedmen working poor wages on southern plantations, was not much of an improvement over slavery
What is Sharecropping?
400
The name of John D Rockefeller's oil company
DAILY DOUBLE: Name a popular location named after Rockefeller.
What is the Standard Oil Company
DD: Rockefeller Center
400
This piece of legislation allowed many people to move into the western territories by applying for grants of land.
what is the Homestead Act
400
This name described instances of large amounts of African Americans moving from the south to northern cities seeking better opportunities.
What is the Great Migration
400
These two states have their own unique time zones
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
500
This alliterative terrorist group was started by former Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
500
Thomas Edison's rival inventor and fellow pioneer in electricity was this man, whose namesake appears on certain products today
Who is Nikola Tesla?
500
Many western ranchers and cowhands learned their skills from this group of people
Who are Mexican Vaqueroes?
500
This piece of legislation banned a certain group of immigrants from entering the US for a long period of time.
DAILY TRIPLE: When World War II begins, immigrants from this specific country were treated horribly
Chinese Exclusion Act
DT: Japanese immigrants
500
If one boards a 6 hour plane flight from NJ to California leaving at 12pm, it will be this time when the plane lands in California.
when is 3pm?