What is the name for exaggerated headlines and news reports?
Yellow Journalism
100
What woman fought her entire life for women's rights?
Susan B. Anthony/Elizabeth Cady Stanton
100
Chief the Lakota Sioux, killed by US marshals attempting to arrest him
Sitting Bull
100
The Americans called the River near the battlefield the Little Bighorn, what did the Native Americans call it?
The Greasy Grass
100
Richest man of all time, monopoly on oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
200
What US battleship exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba?
USS Maine
200
The 19th Amendment passed in 1920 gave women what Constitutional right?
The right to vote
200
Chief of the Nez Perce, nearly led his people to safety in Canada before surrendering at Bear Paw. "I will fight no more forever"
Chief Joseph
200
Who was the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand?
Commanche
200
Monopoly on steel, built factory in Pittsburgh, donated most of his money before he died
Andrew Carnegie
300
What was one reason Americans would be sympathetic to Cuban rebellion from Spain?
1. Yellow Journalism exaggerated reports of mistreatment of Cubans
2. America had also fought for independence from a European power
3. Americans had business interests in Cuba
300
The 18th Amendment which prohibited the sale of alcohol came from what women's movement?
Temperance Movement
300
Apache warrior from the New Mexico territory. Raided numerous US forts and escaped capture for over 30 years.
Geronimo
300
How many members of Custer's family were killed at Little Bighorn?
5
300
Monopoly on the Railroad Industry, Dutch Ancestry, family built the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina
Cornelius Vanderbilt
400
What was President Theodore Roosevelt's quote America's military might?
Speak Softly But Carry a Big Stick
400
What was the name of the Women's Rights Convention that took place in New York in 1848?
Seneca Falls
400
What state on the West Coast did the Nez Perce call home before the US government took it away?
Oregon
400
What date was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
June 25, 1876
400
Alexander Graham Bell was trying to invent what other device when he accidentally discovered the technology that led to the invention of the telephone?
Hearing aids
500
Name 2 of the 3 results of the Spanish-American War
1. Us gained the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
2. Cuba gained independence from Spain
3. The US emerged as a world power
500
Susan B. Anthony was known for what colorful article of clothing she always wore?
Red shawl
500
What were Native Americans participating in that led the US government to arrest Sitting Bull and to massacre Indians at Wounded Knee?
Ghost Dance
500
Name 3 Indian Chiefs that took part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall, Black Moon, Two Moons
500
Thomas Edison is known for inventing the light bulb, what else did he invent?
Phonograph, Washing Machine, Telegraph machine, camera film