Robber Barons
Inventions & Innovations
Industrialization
Native Americans
Immigration
100

What is a Robber Baron? 

a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century

100

What is the difference between and invention vs an Innovation? 


Bonus x2


 an invention is the creation of something new, while innovation is the improvement of existing products

100

What does it mean to Industrialize? 

to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale To built up a lot of factories!  

100

What is another word for Native Americans? 

 Indians, Indigenous, or Native Born, First Nations

100

On what Coast was America founded?

The East Coast

200

Which Robber Baron made his money through monopolization of OIL?

John. D. Rockefeller

200

What is the name of the Machine that helped separate cotton fibers from the seed? 

The Cotton Gin

200

How were people making their money before Industrialization? 

Farming, Working From home, Trade with eachother

200

Where were Natives sent to after being forcibly removed from their home lands? 

Reservations

200

What is the idea that America should be from sea to shinning sea? 

Manifest Destiny! 

300

Which of the Robber Barons made his money through the STEEL Industry? 

Andrew Carnegie was a robber baron who made his money in the steel industry

300

In what year was the Steam Locomotive Invited?  

x3

How did this help with Manifest Destiny? 

1804

300

What area is it called when someone lives outside of the country and in the City? 

They live in an Urban Area.

300

What US state became the main place to put Native?

Oklahoma 

300

What is the Name of the Act that was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that gave 160 acres to families to farm on?

The Homestead Act

400

Who is the America Robber Baron who made his money with through the Railroad Industry? 

Cornelius Vanderbilt

400

How did the innovation of the lightbulb affect society? 

People could work longer, they were safer, and were more productive
400

What was 3 things that made the city life bad? 

Not clean at all, Dangerous, Harsh Working Conditions  

400

What is the name of Natives that were forced on the Trail of Tears? 

 Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

400

What helped settle the west coast of America Faster 

The Trans-Continental Railroad! 

500

What is the name of John D. Rockefellers Company ? 

Standard Oil

500

In what year was the airplane invented? 


Bonus

100x Who invented it? 

December 17, 1903

500

What country was the first to Industrialize in the world? 

Great Britain! 

500

What is it called when a group of people of people have to give up their language, culture, and way of life to join another groups? 

Assimilate! 

500

Which groups of Immigrants helped built the Transatlantic railroad? 


Bonus: 

What is Nativism? 

 Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese




the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

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