At Promontory Point, Utah, where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads met on May 10, 1869, a golden spike marked the linking of the nation by the first:
Transcontinental Railroad
100
Through which place did immigrants arriving on the East Coast pass before gaining entry into the United States?
Ellis Island
100
Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?
Nativism
100
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst competed to capture mass audiences for their:
Newspapers
200
This person invented the telephone:
Alexander Graham Bell
200
He was an industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars and elegant sleeping cars. His company town, which he would ensure a stable workforce, was criticized as "un-American."
George Pullman
200
Through which place did immigrants arriving on the West Coast pass before gaining entry into the United States?
Angel Island
200
He was an American novelist who wrote humorous works on adventure stories, such as the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, that have since been accepted as classics of American literature:
Mark Twain
200
U.S. military and economic leaders pressure Hawaii to allow the United States to build a naval base at:
Pearl Harbor
300
This person perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison
300
The stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad used the _________________ to make huge, unearned profits for themselves.
Credit Mobiler
300
Which term is the name of a restriction on immigration passed by Congress?
Chinese Exclusion Act
300
He was an American painter who embraced realism, the belief that art and literature should present life in a realistic manner.
Thomas Eakins
300
White business leaders forced ______________ to change Hawaii's constitution to grant voting rights only to wealthy landowners.
King Kalakau
400
This person developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel:
Henry Bessemer
400
In this case, the states won the right to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers and other consumers:
Munn vs Illinois
400
Which term refers to an agreement that limited the immigration of unskilled workers to the United States in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order?
Gentlemen's Agreement
400
Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck created the ______________, which brought department store merchandise to farmers and residents of small towns.
Mail-Order Catalogs
400
________________ becomes Hawaii's queen and proposes a new constitution.
Liliuokalani
500
This person introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from beneath the earth's surface:
Edwin Drake
500
The Grange laws were an attempt to deal with various abuses of powers by:
Railroad Companies
500
They boosted mail-order businesses in 1896 by introducing a rural free delivery system that brought packages directly to every home.
United States Postal Service
500
Urged by such leaders as U.S. Navy Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, the United States constructs many new battleships, transforming the nation into the world's ______ largest naval power by the turn of the century.