Presidents & Famous People
Inventors & Muckrakers
Choo Choo
Key Terms
Labor Issues
100
27th president.
Who was William Howard Taft?
100
Inventor of the first telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
Conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks.
What is a railroad?
100
A scandal, involving diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government.
What was the Whiskey Ring?
100
Nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894
What is The Pullman Strike?
200
28th president and leader of the Progressive Era.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
200
Inventor of the first light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
Nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894
What is the Pullman Strike?
200
Provided for the redemtion of the Untied States paper currency.
What was the Resumption Act?
200
Refers to the practice of politicians referencing the blood of martyrs or heroes to criticize opponents.
What is the "Bloody Shirt"?
300
An american author and humorist
Who was Mark Twain?
300
American journalist, lecturer and political philosopher
Who is Lincoln Steffens?
300
Railroad network built between California and Utah.
What is the Central Pacific Railroad?
300
The Friday following Thanksgiving in the United States, traditionally Christmas season shopping.
What is Black Friday?
300
One of the largest and most important American labor organizations of the 1880s.
What is Knights of Labor?
400
American landscape, painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects.
Who was Winslow Homer?
400
Danish American social reformer, muckraking journalist and social documentary photographer.
Who is Jacob Riis?
400
The former name of the railroad network built between California and Utah, USA.
What is the Union Pacific Railroad?
400
They were republican political activists
What were Mugwumps?
400
Paved the way for other organizations.
What is the National Labor Union?
500
American journalist, author and social activists.
Who is Jack London?
500
An American realist painter, photographer, sculptor and fine arts educator.
Who is Thomas Eakins?
500
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in July 14
When was the Great Railroad Strike?
500
An equitable remedy in the form of a court order that requires a party to do, or to refrain from doing, certain acts.
What is Injunction?
500
One of the first organizations.
What is A.F. of L.?