Presidents
Chester Arthur was the first president to have been born in this state
What is Vermont?
This Scottish immigrant amassed his wealth in the steel industry
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This is the term for land plots that the US government set aside for Native American tribes to live on
What are reservations?
This is the term for people who move from one country to another. Many of them moved to US cities in the decades after the Civil War
Who are immigrants?
HBCU stands for this
What is Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
He was the only president who had a grandfather who also had been president
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
This man amassed his wealth through his company Standard Oil
Who is John D Rockefeller?
This animal provided the livelihood for many Native Americans on the Great Plains.
What is the buffalo (bison)?
The dumbbell style of one of these became the most popular style for large multi-family buildings in cities
What is a tenement building?
In the late 1800s, many farmers wanted the US government to make more coins out of this metal
What is silver?
Elected in 1884 and 1892, he was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms
Who is Grover Cleveland?
The granddaughter of this man built Shelburne Farms
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This 1890 massacre in South Dakota essentially ended armed Native American resistance to the US government
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This man was the founder of the American Federation of Labor
Who is Samuel Gompers?
He was the first African American man to earn a PhD from Harvard
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Running on a platform that supported the gold standard, this man defeated William Jennings Bryan in the 1898 election
Who is William McKinley?
Known for reorganizing companies, after buying a steel company for close to $500 million, this man formed US Steel
Who is JP Morgan?
This 1887 act of congress called for assimilation of Native Americans, which some have argued constituted cultural genocide
What is the Dawes Act?
The 1886 Haymarket Massacre in this city is an example of violence during the labor movement
What is Chicago?
Booker T Washington gave a speech in this city, compromising jobs and basic education for segregation
What is Atlanta?
This man's election in 1876 essentially ended the Reconstruction Era
Who is Rutherford B Hayes?
This man got his start in the shipping industry in and around New York City
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This was set as the standard gauge for railroads
What is four feet, eight and a half inches?
Jane Addams gained acclaim for establishing this settlement house in Chicago
What is Hull House?
Justin Smith Morrill, whose 1862 and 1890 acts of congress paved the way for the founding of numerous colleges and universities, was from this Vermont town
What is Strafford?