Inventions + Innovations
Thomas Edison invented this in 1879.
Light Bulb
Barbed wire
This president was assassinated in 1881
James Garfield
A general term for anyone who migrates looking for gold or other valuable minerals
Forty-Niners
This was the largest deadly disease during this time period.
Tuberculosis
Alexander Graham Bell invents this in 1876.
Telephone
1700 mile long railroad that connected the Eastern US to the Western US.
Transcontinental Railroad
Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909), William Howard Taft (1909–1913) and Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) were widely known as the _____ Presidents.
Progressive
The political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
Populism or Popularism
This type of music was introduced to America by Scott Joplin
Ragtime
Thomas Edison invented this in 1877.
Record Player
The belief that Americans had the right and duty to move westward and expand the country.
Manifest Destiny
This president took place in office after McKinley was assassinated.
Theodore Roosevelt
This manufacturing process sped up production of cars and other complex machines. First used by Ford.
Assembly line
This American author created the name "Gilded Age"
Mark Twain
This infamous drink starts going on sale for 5 cents a bottle.
Coca Cola
Gave all native american males 160 acres of land to set up schools and educate native american children.
Dawes Act
Some historians have dubbed Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison the ________ presidents.
Forgotten
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
Geronimo
This Spanish word translates to "bad neighborhood" and was made by Spanish speaking immigrants.
Barrios
The first one of these was built in Chicago in 1885 as a prototype made from mainly steel.
Skyscraper
The process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted.
Assimilation
President Grover Cleveland was the __ president of the United States
22nd
A state in the south central United States known as the "Sooner State".
Oklahoma
This ideology stated that research done by universities can be used to improve the quality of life of people. Led to the first clinical trials and expanded the medicine industry.
The Wisconsin Idea