Historical Figures
Important Terms
Acts
Authors
Wars and Battles
100
This historical figure delivered the "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896, was a leader of the Populist Party, and argued for the prosecution in the Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
100
This word simply means the right to vote. It was a key term during a feminist movement in the early twentieth century.
What is suffrage?
100
An Upton Sinclair novel sparked public outrage and prompted Congress to pass this act of 1906. It makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and it ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
100
The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
100
This 1876 battle was "Custer's Last Stand." The 7th Cavalry led by Custer was destroyed by the Sioux Indians.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
200
This political cartoonist who lived from 1840-1902 is often referred to as the "Father of the American Cartoon." He drew cartoons that criticized "Boss Tweed" and the Tammany Hall political machine. He died of Yellow Fever in Ecuador.
Who is Thomas Nast?
200
This idea was drawn upon for the painting American Progress by John Gast in 1872.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
This 1890 act authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them. Any combination "in the form of trust or otherwise that was in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states, or with foreign nations" was declared illegal.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
200
The Jungle
Who is Upton Sinclair?
200
In 1890, prompted by fear of the Ghost Dance, the U.S. Army massacred 300 Sioux in the last armed conflict between the U.S. military and Native Americans. This became the site of a Native occupation in 1973.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
300
Leader of the Nez Perces, he delivered the famous statement, "I will fight no more forever," when he and several members of his tribe were captured near the Canadian border and sent to a reservation in Oklahoma. He lived from 1840-1904.
Who is Chief Joseph?
300
This French phrase means "allow to do." It was a policy in which the government refrained from interfering with the workings of the free market.
What is laissez faire?
300
While a former act declared monopolies illegal, this 1914 act defined as illegal certain business practices that are conducive to the formation of monopolies or that result from them. It prohibits certain actions that might restrict competition, like tying agreements, predatory pricing, and mergers that could lessen competition.
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act?
300
The History of Standard Oil
Who is Ida Tarbell?
300
Also known as the Battle of Kettle Hill, this was fought on July 1st, 1898. It was a major battle of the Spanish-American War. Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders fought alongside African American soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalries.
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill?
400
This Englishman invented an impactful steel-making process that made the transcontinental railroad, skyscrapers, suspension bridges, and high-quality ships possible. He lived from 1830 to 1898.
Who is Henry Bessemer?
400
This means supreme power or authority, the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
What is sovereignty?
400
Passed on July 2, 1862, this act made it possible for states to establish public colleges funded by the development or sale of associated federal land grants. Over 10 million acres provided by these grants were expropriated from tribal lands of Native communities.
What is the Morrill Act?
400
Montage of a Dream Deferred
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
It can also be considered the most total victory in the history of the United States Navy. On the morning of 1 May 1898, Commodore George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron sailed here and completely destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Pacific, losing not a single man or vessel.
What is the Battle of Manila Bay?
500
This muckraking journalist as a Danish-American social reformer whose photographs of the urban slums of New York City stimulated legislation aimed at improving the lives of the impoverished, especially impoverished immigrants. He is known for creating the book How the Other Half Lives in 1890.
Who is Jacob Riis?
500
This was the first successful national farming organization, sometimes called the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, but was more popularly known by its shorter, one-word name. It was founded in 1867, and Oliver Kelley was an active leader of the organization who believed that farmers could-- and should-- help one another.
What is the Grange?
500
This is a is a 1906 United States federal law that expanded the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission and gave it the power to set maximum railroad rates. This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.
What is the Hepburn Act?
500
How the Other Half Lives
Who is Jacob Riis?
500
This was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry under John Chivington attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70 to over 600 Native American people. Chivington claimed 500 to 600 warriors were killed. However, most sources estimate around 150 people were killed, about two-thirds of whom were women and children.
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?