Native Americans
Big business and labor
Living on the Great Plains and the Populist Movement
New immigrants and urbanization
Science, urban life, public education
100
The Native Americans living in this area of the US would be described as nomadic. It was also referred to as the Great American Desert at one time.
What is the Great Plains?
100
This term was sometimes used to describe the big industrialists, such as Rockefeller.
What is Robber Barons?
100
This was a home made out of prairie turf.
What is a soddy?
100
European immigrants arrived at this point of entry on the East Coast.
What is Ellis Island?
100
This factor in the late 1800s prevented the greatest number of children from attending public high schools.
What is racism / discrimination?
200
Native Americans living on the Plains believed that this was unable to be bought or sold.
What is the land?
200
He became famous and wealthy through his production of railroad sleeper cars. He also created his own company town. Workers were angered when he lowered wages but did not decrease the rent.
Who is George Pullman?
200
This historian wrote an essay in 1893 that stated that the frontier provided Americans with a "unique" personality and character.
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner?
200
Asian immigrants arrived at this point of entry on the West Coast.
What is Angel Island?
200
Originally they were bicycle manufacturers, but they soon found a more important task in developing a craft that could fly.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
300
This treaty stated that the US government would agree to close the Bozeman Trail and that the Sioux Indians would live on a reservation along the Missouri River
What is the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
300
This man became a millionaire through his work in the steel industry. He tried to give back some of his money to the community as he believed that the rich had some responsibility to do so.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
300
The person who started the Grange in 1867.
Who is Oliver Hudson Kelley?
300
This term refers to the idea that the United States is a place with diverse cultures and races who abandoned the languages and traditions of their countries of origin.
What is the melting pot?
300
He expressed the belief that racism would end as blacks acquired practical work skills and proved their economic value to society (he also headed the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and felt that change would occur more gradually).
Who is Booker T. Washington?
400
The famous Native American warrior Crazy Horse led an ambush of Captain William J. Fetterman’s soldiers at Lodge Trail Ridge. Some called it the “Fetterman Massacre.” Native Americans called it this.
What is the Battle of the Hundred Slain?
400
This person led a march of 80 mill children in an effort to promote child labor laws. In addition, this person was involved in unions and suffered death threats and imprisonment.
Who is Mary Harris "Mother" Jones?
400
The 1896 Democratic presidential nominee who gave the “Cross of Gold” speech.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
400
The famous reformer and follower of the Social Gospel movement who established a settlement house and spoke out against wars and racial injustices
Who is Jane Addams?
400
Inventor of the Kodak Camera (NOT William Kodak, Chad Kodak, or some other variation of a name with Kodak).
Who is George Eastman?
500
The Sioux were suffering from disease, poverty, and lack of food by 1890. A prophet suggested that they participate in a ritual that would ensure that their culture and way-of-life remained. This movement spread among the Sioux on the reservation.
What is the Ghost Dance Movement?
500
This was organized in Chicago, 1905, by a group of radical unionists and socialists.
What is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
500
This political party took up many of the issues voiced by the Populists. As a result, the Populist party essentially vanished from the political spectrum.
What is the Democratic Party?
500
This took place when the United States government and another government decided to limit the emigration of unskilled workers in exchange for the desegregation of schools in San Francisco.
What is the Gentlemen's Agreement?
500
This landscape architect was the pioneer for planned urban parks. He gained recognition for planning Central Park in New York City.
Who is Frederick Law Olmstead?
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