Mining Booms
Railroads
Lead the Way
Open Range
and the Plains
Towards Urban America
Progressivism
100
A metal that set off a mining rush in 1859.
What is gold?
100
Railroad that connected the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast and was built by two railroad companies.
What is Transcontinental Railroad?
100
To burn a symbol into an animal's hide to show ownership.
What is a brand?
100
Urban apartment slums where immigrants lived.
What is a tenement?
100
What the women of the National Women Suffrage Association wanted.
What is women's right to vote?
200
I dealt out my own brand of justice without benefit of trail or jury.
What is a Vigilante?
200
The Central Pacific railroad relied on what group of workers.
What is Chinese?
200
Towns that shipped cattle to market.
What is a cow town?
200
Settlement houses opened to ___________________.
What is help the poor?
200
Constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment.
300
Land grants and financial aid from the government.
What is a subsidy?
300
The union Pacific relied on what groups of workers.
What is Irish & African American?
300
Why did homesteaders come to the Plains.
What is to own land?
300
Recreation centers for city youth
What is the YMCA/YWCA?
300
Amendment that gave Congress the power to tax people's income.
What is 16th amendment?
400
Pikes Peak is where gold was found and is located in what mountain range.
What is Rocky Mountains?
400
Means expanding across a continent.
What is transcontinental?
400
Provided 160 acres of land to a settlers who paid a filing fee and lived on the land for 5 years.
What is Homestead Act?
400
Argued that schools should relate learning to the interest, problems, and concerns of students.
Who is John Dewey?
400
Term used to describe the unequal treatment of a person based on their race, religion, or ethic background.
What is discrimination?
500
Towns that popped up around mining areas.
What is boom town?
500
Where Central and Union Pacific railroads met.
What is Promontory Point?
500
Term used to describe most of the Plains Indians who traveled vast distances to follow the buffalo.
What is nomadic?
500
Variety shows with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.
What is a vaudeville?
500
Shocked the nation and highlighted the deep racial divisions in American life.
What is Springfield Riot?
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