Railroad time was important because it created this system that we still use today
What are time zones
100
This man invented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
100
Cities such as Pittsburgh located along this type of geographical feature in order to easily move goods in and out of new industrial centers
What are rivers
100
This term is used to describe the separation of people in public and private based on race
What is segregation
100
This is an organized group that controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and businesses in return for political and financial support
What is a political machine
200
This is the term for a railroad line that links both sides of the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is the transcontinental railroad
200
This man founded the first research park in the United States at Menlo Park, NJ
Who is Thomas Edison
200
This was the location of the first oil gusher in the United States
What is Spindletop
200
This court case said that separation of people based on race was allowed so long as facilities were "separate but equal"
What is Plessy vs Ferguson
200
This is the system by which the postal service delivers mail and packages to individuals for free to a roadside mailbox
What is rural free delivery (RFD)
300
This law, passed in 1887, established a Commission whose job it was to regulate the railroads
What is the Interstate Commerce Act
300
This man helped found Tuskegee University and advocated for vocational training for African Americans
Who is George Washington Carver
300
The Cuyahoga River in this city became so polluted by industrial processes that it eventually caught fire
What is Cleveland
300
This type of law was used to allow poor whites in the South to vote based on their ancestry while keeping poor blacks from voting
What is the grandfather clause
300
This is the idea that unrestrained competition in the marketplace is best for business
What is Social Darwinism
400
This Supreme Court Case said that the government had the right to regulate private businesses for the public good
What is Munn vs Illinois
400
This man was the first African American to receive a PhD/doctorate from Harvard
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
400
This industrial accident, in which almost 150 workers - mainly female garment workers - died, helped focus attention on the plight of workers
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
400
This was an amount of money that Southern states required citizens to pay in order to vote
What is a poll tax
400
This is the law that prevents companies from forming monopolies and allows the government to intervene to keep that from happening
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act
500
Immigrants of what nationality were used as cheap labor to build railroads on the West Coast?
What are Chinese immigrants
500
These two men helped create the idea of mass media in the United States through their large-scale newspaper publication and news empires
(Last names only are acceptable)
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
500
This process helped create steel from iron more quickly and efficiently, helped fuel industrial growth in the United States
What is the Bessemer Process
500
This was the practice of requiring people to work in near-slavelike conditions until they had paid off a debt
What is debt peonage
500
Two examples of unions emphasized in class were
(Abbreviations or full names both acceptable)
What are the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the International Workers of the World (IWW)