Industrialization and Immigration
Gilded Age
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Suffrage
Progressive Era
Spanish American War
100
The first continuous railroad to cross the United States
The Transcontinental Railroad
100
This is a company that controls an entire industry.
a monopoly
100
Inventor of the first telephone
Alexander Gram Bell
100
This amendment gave all female citizens in the U.S. the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
100
This was a movement in the late 1800s/early 1900s to improve the United States
The Progressive Movement
100
What is yellow journalism?
What are exaggerated/artificial headlines designed to sell newspapers?
200
Western half of the trans continental railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad
200
Name for successful industrialists whose business practices were often considered ruthless or unethical
A robber baron
200
The protection of natural resources is known as:
What is conservation?
200
Played an important role in the women's suffrage movement in Tennessee
Anne Dallas Dudley
200
Why did factories hire children?
They were cheaper.
200
The explosion of this vessel contributed to the start of the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine?
300
The eastern half of the transcontinental railroad
The New York Central Railroad
300
A period of economic growth in the United States that led to industrialization ahead of Britain.
Gilded Age
300
Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller
300
Why was the ratification of 19th amendment so important
to ensure that American citizens could no longer be denied the right to vote because of their gender
300
This amendment was to stop the sale or consumption of alcohol
What is the 18th Amendment?
300
The two groups of volunteers that worked together to win major victories for the U.S.
Who are the Rough Riders and Buffalo Soldiers?
400
This is the place where European immigrants were processed in New York.
Ellis Island
400
This individual was a big part of organized labor and even had a voice on government policy.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
400
The Amendment, which allowed the federal government to tax citizens' income.
What is the 16th Amendment?
400
How many states had to ratify the amendment for it to become a law?
36 states
400
The Progressive Movement occurred in the early 1900’s as a response to what?
urbanization and industrialization
400
The president who used the "Big Stick" policy
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
This is the place where Asian immigrants were processed in San Francisco.
Angel Island
500
The world's wealthiest man in his time and a key figure in the uprising of the American steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
500
This businessman was involved in shipping and railroads. He helped build a University in Nashville, TN
Cornelius Vanderbilt
500
I am the man who changed my vote and made it possible for Tennessee to ratify the 19th amendment
Harry Burns
500
Journalists who exposed corruption in cities during the Progressive Era
Muckrakers
500
The United States gained control over these territories after the Spanish-American War.
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.