Gilded Age
This factory had a fire and reshaped Labor laws and conditions for workers
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
This invention, created by the Wright brothers would revolutionize travel, adding onto land and water transportation
What is the airplane
This type of action workers used to stop working in order to demand better conditions.
"We're going on _____"
What is a strike
This law encouraged Americans to move west by giving them land. & What year?
What is the Homestead Act of 1862
This brutal slaughter of a group of people occurred when fear of the Ghost Dance led U.S. soldiers to open fire on Lakota people at a reservation.
Wounded Knee Massacre
"All that glitters is not gold"
Although things appeared wealthy, there were much more hardships and poverty going on behind the scenes.
This invention, patented by Edison, made factories safer and cities usable at night
What is the Lightbulb
This term describes companies joining together to reduce competition and raise prices.
What are trusts
What were the requirements to keep the land for settlers?
To keep land under this law settlers had to live on it farm it and build a home for five years.
Tell me 2 action verbs (not grass and horses), what is happening in the photo, and what act may have made the Indians angry toward settlers
Ambush/Surprise/Attack, the Natives are going to attack settlers out of frustration of their land being taken due to the 1862 homestead act
These overcrowded apartment buildings housed many poor working families in cities.
What are tenements
One invention that improved communication across long distances.
What is the telephone
A push factor that caused immigrants to leave their home countries between 1880 and 1920.
What is poverty or war or famine
This climate problem made farming especially hard in Montana.
What is drought/ harsh winters
This battle ended with a Native American victory when Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho forces defeated U.S. soldiers after gold was found on Native land.
AKA Custers Last Stand
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn
These unsafe workplaces had long hours low pay and dangerous conditions.
What are sweatshops
One invention that improved transportation for people or goods.
What are railroads
A promise or opportunity that attracted immigrants to the United States.
What are jobs or freedom or opportunity
This type of land use worked better than farming in much of Montana.
What is ranching
In this war a tribe led by Chief Joseph, chose to flee rather than surrender traveling over 1000 miles toward Canada in an attempt to survive.
Nez Perce War
Business leaders who used unfair methods to gain wealth were often called this.
What are robber barons
This was one way inventions helped society grow and modernize.
What is making life easier and work faster
This immigration station mainly processed European immigrants and processed 40% of immigrants in the U.S.
What is Ellis Island
This big idea explains how westward settlement helped settlers but harmed Native Americans.
What is opportunity for settlers and loss for Native Americans
This word describes the process of forcing people to give up their culture and traditions.
What is assimilation