This process of efficiently making steel, made famous by industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
What is the Bessemer Process.
100
This architect designed the first skyscraper, to ensure continued urban growth in Chicago.
Who is Louis Sullivan.
100
Boomtowns had the MOST impact on this group of Americans in the west.
Who are Native Americans.
100
This theory supports that America welcomes diverse immigrants, but encourages them to assimilate to a certain lifestyle.
What is the Melting Pot.
100
This textile factory was accidentally set a blaze in the early 20th century, resulting in the loss of 145 lives.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
200
This invention powered Edison's first lightbulb.
What is the electric generator.
200
Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan are examples of this title given to wealthy industrialists during the Gilded Age.
What are Robber Barons.
200
The Exoduster movement involved this group of Americans in the west.
Who are African Americans.
200
This group of people tormented immigrants during the 1920s.
Who are Nativists or the Ku Klux Klan.
200
Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor focused on this worker problem to become the largest labor union in the U.S.
What is low wages (or bad working conditions).
300
This invention replaced dangerous gaslights, as well as increased literacy and the use of libraries.
What is the light bulb.
300
This was the business model Andrew Carnegie practiced to control all the means of producing and distributing steel in the U.S.
What is vertical integration.
300
This group is largely responsible for the construction of the Central Pacific railroad.
Who are Chinese immigrants.
300
These institutions helped immigrants become cultural adjusted to American life.
What is a Settlement House. (Hull House is also acceptable)
300
The Knights of Labor allowed this group of workers to join their labor union, unlike the American Federation of Labor.
Who are Women, African Americans, or unskilled workers.
400
This invention caused the growth of agriculture by enabling the long distance travel of meat, fruit, and vegetables.
What is refrigerated railroad cars.
400
This robber baron used trusts (trustee boards) to protect his businesses from government restrictions.
Who is John D. Rockefeller.
400
This invention successful led to the end of the open range (the Grange) in the American west.
What is barbed wire.
400
This law enacted that apportionment of tribal property to private individuals (reservations).
What is the Dawes Act.
400
The Haymarket Square Riot and the Railroad Strike of 1877 showed conflict between these two groups.
Who are workers and management.
500
This company expanded consumer goods, such as mass-produced clothing, to people in the west through a mail-order catalog.
What is Sears & Roebuck (Sears is also acceptable).
500
This sanitation system was constructed into every major American city by 1910. Greatly improved living conditions and overall health.
What is a sewage disposal system (sewer is also acceptable).
500
This law limited the amount of immigrants could come from Asian countries.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
500
This school forced Native American children to assimilate to white-American traditions and culture. Example: dressing them as white children, teaching them English.
What is the Carlisle Indian School.
500
This event caused union members to lose hope in their cause, after newspapers blamed them for violence and anarchy.