Effects of Industrial Revolution
Important People
Geography & the Environment
Miscellanous
100
This group was pushed into reservations and striped of their land.
Native Americans
100

Who is the president assassinated in Dallas?

John F. Kennedy

100
What mode of transportation helped make westward expansion possible?
Railroad (Trains)
100
What rush caused the biggest push to go west?
Gold
200
What animal was almost completely wiped out?
Buffalo
200

Who gets credit for inventing the light bulb?

Thomas Edison

200

We purchased this territory from Russia. Biggest state

Alaska

200
Major accomplishment of Harlem Renaissance

Jazz music 

300

The biggest mode of transportation in the US built by Chinese and Mexicans

Transcontinental railroad.

300

Who created the Assembly Line? (He built a successful car company)

Henry Ford

300

Federal Act that gave 160 acres of land to people who wanted to move to the Great Plains

Homestead Act

300

Did we acquired Puerto Rico from Spain? YES or NO

YES

400

Which two states had a major Gold Rush?

California and Alaska

400

Robber Baron who owned Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller

400

The U.S. government offers up free land to farmers who agree to live on the land for five years and make improvements to the land. Many people rush to places like Oklahoma to claim their land. What was this Act called?


Homestead Act
400

Process of Native Americans pushed to become "Americans"

Assimilation

500

Major effect of Westward Expansion in the environment

Destruction of wildlife 

500

Who wrote the book "The Jungle"?

Uptown Sinclari

500

Where does the United States built a huge canal that connects the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean

Panama Canal

500

What city did Mr. Chavez moved from?

El Paso

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