Westward Expansion
In which state did the uniting of the transcontinental railroad take place?
Utah
Who owned the steel mill where the Homestead Strike took place?
Andrew Carnegie
What was the name of the immigration center primarily used for Asian immigrants off the coast of California?
Angel Island
What book written by Upton Sinclair disparaged working conditions and health standards of the meat packing industry?
The Jungle
Which Supreme Court case decided that "separate, but equal" facilities for blacks and whites was constitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Name the Native American battle in which the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne nations defeated an army group led by George Custer
Battle of Little Bighorn
Who created the Standard Oil Trust?
John Rockefeller
Who was arguably the most notorious boss of a political machine during the Gilded Age?
Boss Tweed
Name a Progressive who fought for Women's suffrage who was discussed in the textbook.
Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Alice Paul, Rose Winslow, and Carrie Chapman Catt
What is one way voting rights were taken away from black men after reconstruction?
Poll taxes, and/or literacy tests
Which "boomtown" sprung up near the site of Henry Comstock's silver ore discovery in Nevada?
Virginial City
Who made his millions in steam ships and then the railroads?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What are multifamily apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimum living standards?
Tenements
Who was the journalist who exposed the abuses at Standard Oil?
Ida Tarbell
What are laws that are designed to enforce segregation?
Jim Crow laws
Why was it harder for the builders of the transcontinental railroad to build from the west than it was for those building from the east?
They had to blast tunnels through the mountains
How did J.P. Morgan make his fortune
Investment Banking
What was the name of the immigration center primarily used for European immigrants in New York harbor?
Ellis Island
What movement led to the implementation of the 18th (prohibition) Amendment?
Temperance Movement
What is one example of a Jim Crow law?
Separate hospitals, bathrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants, swimming pools, hotels, buses, railroad cars, and schools
Name any Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, or Nez Perce leader mentioned in Chapter 11
Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, Little Crow, or Black Kettle
What's the difference between a "Robber Baron" and a "Captain of Industry"
"Robber Baron" is a negative view of a business leader and a "Captain of Industry" is a positive view of those leaders.
What is the term used to describe the process by which immigrants from another country adapt to the lifestyle of their new country and adopt its social norms and customs?
assimilation
What did Jacob Riis write about?
poverty and tenement living
Which Black leader called for education and patience in the movement for civil rights?
Booker T. Washington