People
What woman was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement?
Ida. B. Wells
What amendment abolished slavery in the US?
13th
What was the name of the time period after the Civil War called which included the process by which the federal government readmitted former Confederate states?
Reconstruction
The average lifespan for a working class person living in the city was?
17
Who was the first African-American to earn a PhD from Harvard University?
W.E.B. du Bois
What American industrialist made a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist?
Andrew Carnegie
What term means to formally charge someone with misconduct while in office?
Impeach
What Act offered government incentives to assist “men of talent, ...” To build the transcontinental rail line?
Pacific Railway Act 1862
Which president prioritized conservation and established national parks, forests, and monuments to preserve the nation's natural resources?
Teddy Roosevelt
Who started one of the first print-media companies in radio broadcasting and was an early pioneer of television?
William Randolph Hearst
What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's plan?
10% Plan
On the East coast immigrants would arrive at _____ ______which was the main entry point into the United States.
Ellis Island
A name given to the people who behaved badly and were mischievous rather than helpful during the reconstruction time?
Scalawag
Who founded the Standard Oil Company and was considered the wealthiest American in modern history?
John D. Rockerfeller
What is regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievement, etc established in 1917?
Pulitzer Prize
Who led the Rough Riders and resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May 1898?
Teddy Roosevelt
What policy called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China?
Open Door Policy
This was a series of dots and dashes to send messages over electric lines?
Morse Code
Which inventor is most known for the invention of the light bulb but invented many other things such as the phonograph and the carbon microphone?
Thomas Eddison
What waterway connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in November 6, 1903 and was supported by Teddy Roosevelt?
Panama Canal
What writer is known for his stories and poems of British soldiers in India& The Jungle Book?
Rudyard Kipling
What was the policy of using the economic power or influence of a government to promote and protect in other countries?
Dollar Diplomacy
Which railway company would start building a railway in Omaha, Nebraska and would meet up with the other major railway at Promontory point, Utah?
Union Pacific
These were journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government?
Muckrakers
This made federal jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through exams?
Pendleton Civil Service Act