Wildly West
What impact did Westward Expansion have on Native Americans
Many answers acceptable
Describe a push factor
Something that causes people to leave
What type of economy had developed during the progressive era.
An industrial economy
Inventor of the Light Bulb
Thomas Eddison
Laws that were put in place in southern states to discriminate African Americans
Jim Crow Laws
Name of an occupation that can be described as leading long cattle drives to market.
Cowboys
Prior to 1871 most immigrants came from...
Western and Northern Europe
Known for creating a monopoly on oil
John D. Rockefeller
Inventor of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Outcome of Plessy v. Furgueson
Seperate but Equal Constitutional
This technology allowed for rapid western expansion
The Railroad
After 1871 Most immigrants come from
Eastern Europe and Southern Europe
Known for Creating a monopoly on the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
Inventors of the Airplane
The Wright Brothers
Prominent Civil Rights that believed that education was the path to equality
Booker t. Washington
Act that provided free public land in the West
Homestead Act
Name of a law passed by congress to exclude Chinese workers from entering the country
Chinese exclusion act of 1882
Known for Creating a monopoly on the Railroad Industry
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Process for efficiently producing steel
Bessemer Process
Founder of the NAACP, believed that Equality would be achieved through political means
Two groups that took advantage of opportunities to move westward
Southerners and African Americans
Played a major role in assimilating immigrants (teaching American Customs/ English)
Public Schools
Known for creating a monopoly on the banking industry
J.P. Morgan
Inventor of the Assembly Line
Henry Ford
Decision in Buck v. Bell
Allowed states to sterilize "genetically unfit"