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100
I began in July of 1877, in the middle of the depression. Workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia were the first to protest against me.
What was the Great Railroad Strike?
100
He invented 1,093 things and his middle name is Alva.
Who was Thomas Alva Edison?
100
I wrote to improve the treatment of Native Americans. I have written news paper articles and to government officials. My book A Century of Dishonor was published in 1882. I also wrote Ramona, a dramatized novel on the treatment of Native americans in Southern California.
Who was Helen Hunt Jackson?
100
I was the first national labor federation in the US. I began in 1866 and "faded" in 1873. I started other organizations such as the Knights of Labor and AF of L. I was founded by William H. Sylvis.
What was the a National Labor Union?
100
The republicans that refused to support James G. Blaine.
What are mugwumps?
200
I started in Pullman, Illinois on May 11,1894. I was a conflict between labor unions and railroads.
What was the Pullman Strike?
200
Between Taft and Roosevelt I won back in 1912.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
I died at the age of 75. I have written The Yellow Wallpaper. Recently I have been criticized for my opinion on Negroes.
Who was Charlotte Gilman?
200
I was the largest american labor organizations of the 1880's. I ended child and convict labor. I also demand an 8 hour day of work for the five days a week.
What was the Knights of Labor?
200
Shopping after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
300
I am a road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles.
What is the railroad?
300
British-American-Canadian scientist and inventor and born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Who was Alexander Gram Bell?
300
I wrote short stories and novels. I died at the age of 54. Within the decade of my death I was recognized as one of the leading writers of the 20th century.
Who was Kate Chopin?
300
I was founded in 1866. Samuel Gompers was elected president of the federation at the founding, and was reelected each year until the year he died.
What was the A.F. of L. or american federation of labor?
300
I was an artist. I painted landscapes and marine wildlife. I taught myself to paint for the most part and used oil paint.
Who was Winslow Homer?
400
I am the western portion of the Transcontinental railroad.I am a four way partner and my nickname is the Associates.
What is the Central Pacific Railroad?
400
I was the 27th president of the United states.
Who was William Howard Taft?
400
I wrote in the genre of fiction, I died at the age of 40 and am most remembered for the book Call of the Wild.
Who was Jack London?
400
I am the practice of martyrs or heroes to criticize opponents. This practice became popular when Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts was making a speech and held up a bloody shirt in which had been made bloody due to the Ku Klux Klan.
What was the "bloody shirt"?
400
I am famous for the journalistic genre of "muckraking". I was born April 6,1866 and died August 9,1936. My wife's name is Ella Winter.
Who was Lincoln Steffens?
500
I am headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. I am the largest railroad network in the United States. I also have 32,012 miles of track line.
What is the Union Pacific Railroad?
500
I fought for the 19th amendment. I was president of the NAWSA and founder of both the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women.
Who was Carrie Chapman Catt?
500
I died at the age of 90. I have written over 90 books of all different genres. One of my most famous books is The Jungle.
Who was Upton Sinclaire?
500
In Finland in 1906 I was first to start this act. I am the right for women to vote, run for office, and to own land.
What was women suffrage?
500
I was a realist painter, photographer, scupulpure, and fine arts teacher. I died at the age of 71.
Who was Thomas Eakins?