People
Railroad
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100

Who wrote "The Jungle" that exposed the Chicago meatpacking industry, of there terrible, disgusting conditions.

Who is Upton Sinclair

100

What 2 railroads joined to make the Transcontinental Railroad?

What are the Union and Central Pacific railroads.

100

What does the term "muckracker" mean?

What is a Jornalist who exposed the corruption of Capitalism

200

Who is Jane Addams and what is her nickname?

Who is the muckracker that exposed the company "Standard Oil" and their unfair business practices. Her nickname is "the mother of social work".

200

Without whom, would the building of the railroads not have been possible?

Who are the Irish and Chinese immigrants

200

What do you call a house made from sod?

What is a Soddie

300

What case was Homer Plessy in?

What was Plessy vs. Ferguson

300

After what war did railroads have a major role in industrializing America?

What was the Civil War

300

What does the term "Progressive" mean?

What is, "A person believing in moderate political change and social improvement through political action" (does not have to be exact definition"

400

Who was the first black PH.D. to graduate from Harvard University?

Who was W.E.B. DuBois

400

Where in America did the Union and Pacific railroads join their tracks?

Where is Promontory, Utah

400

What is the NAACP?

What is the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People

500

Who is Jacob Riis and what did he do?

Who is an immigrant from Denmark that wrote books on how immigrants lived and the terrible conditions of their workplaces and homes

500

As a symbol of the union of East and West railroads, what type of spike did they drive into the ground?

What is a gold spike

500

What does the term "Referendum" mean?

What is "this gives the voters the ability to vote on state laws by ballot, the majority of the public vote would pass or defeat a state law" (again does not need to be exact definition)

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