People
Laws
Political Cartoons
Expansion
Industrialization
100
This American Colonel met his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn. It was his last stand.
Who is Colonel Custer?
100
This law was passed to provide land for free to settlers who were willing to move west, build a house, dig a well, and farm the land.
What is the Homestead Act?
100
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMSczbt8siQ/VdVzNrRPPvI/AAAAAAAAOpk/37SLAzdWieM/s1600/monopolystake.jpg Hopelessly Bound to the Stake
Monopolies are bad for the working class.
100
The Plains Indians depended on this for food, shelter, and clothing.
What is the buffalo?
100
Economic theory where industries are run by private businesses.
What is capitalism?
200
Leader the Populist Party.
Who is William Jennings Bryon?
200
Divided Native American reservations and attempted to force Americanization.
What is the Dawes Act?
200
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Chinese Exclusion Act is keeping good, hard-working Chinese immigrants out of the country while bad dudes are allowed in. Not cool America.
200
Name two of the three main draws for people moving west.
What is gold and silver mining, cattle ranching, and free land, new start, railroads, Oregon trail, why not?
200
This town, south of Chicago, was controlled by one man and his factory.
What is Pullman?
300
Oil baron who was famous for his use of horizontal and vertical integration to form a powerful monopoly.
Who is J. D. Rockefeller?
300
These laws were designed to segregate and discriminate based on race.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
300
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The idle rich are the same as in the past, taking money from the poor to make themselves rich (double points if you mentioned the use of government as the sword)
300
This was finished and finally connected the East and West coast making travel quicker.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
300
This philosophy suggests that wealth was determined by skill and survival of the fittest.
What is Social Darwinism?
400
Successful businessman and advocate of philanthropy who wrote "The Gospel of Wealth."
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
400
This law was passed to limit immigration by specific groups of people.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
400
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Oh no, Rockefeller's Standard Oil is taking over America by controlling politics. Look out White House, you are next!
400
This religious movement was developed by Native American visions and hopes of victory against American expansion. (We watched a early 1900's video clip of this, thanks Edison)
What is the Ghost Dance?
400
Name one industry and its leader (you can answer twice for bonus points, but other teams get a shot until we are out of leaders)
Rockefeller=oil Pullman=luxury railroad cars Carnegie=steel Morgan=banks Vanderbilt=trains
500
Irish dude who disliked the Chinese.
Who is Dennis Kearny?
500
This law was designed to prevent monopolies from forming and controlling prices.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
500
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William Jennings Bryan is the lion who wants free silver. I think the dogs are bad, they are the politicians that are stopping the common man.
500
Colonel Chivington was not punished by Congress for this action.
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
500
This process was used to develop iron into steel. It was pretty important for industrializing America.
Who is the Bessemer Process?
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