Test 10
What president was assassinated in a theater
President Abraham Lincoln
Paper money was replaced by what when the gold standard formed
gold
Baseball was what during this time
the most popular sport in the US
What was prohibition
banned alcohol
Who assassinated president Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
What were phosphates used for
fertilizer
James Duke was known for building what type of power plants
hydroelectricity
What was the goal of women suffrage
the right to vote
Besides the kkk was violent group swayed elections
The Red Shirts
Sensational newspaper reporters were called this in the late 1800s
yellow journalism
First to patent the telephone
Alexander G.Bell
What were trust
groups of businesses that limited competition
This amendment freed all slaves
13th
What term refers to a nation wants other countries for economic purposes
imperialism
Deadly common disease caused by lack of vitamin B-12
pellegra
This book highlighted the abuses in the meat packaging
The Jungle
Describe sharecropping
When poor people loan tools and planted for the owner only to make a portion of the earnings and have to pay it back for the loaning
First democrat elected by voters as governor
Wade Hampton
Henry Ford deveolp what to make cars cheaper
assembly line
The federal agency that controls banking and money
Federal Reserve System