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100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

100

Settlers moving West often followed this "Trail"

Oregon Trail

100
Mark Twain described the Gilded Age as beautiful on the outside and ___________ on the inside

rotten

100
Progressives though things were going to get better.  They operated in the early _________ Century

20th

100

A reporter being put in jail for a story she wrote is a violation of which Amendment?

1st

200

What document was added to the Constitution to ensure personal rights to the citizens?

Bill of Rights

200

Which act forced Native Americans to live as White Americans?

Dawes Act

200

Andrew Carnegie's book that described rich people giving back to the community by building libraries and museums, etc.

The Gospel of Wealth

200

Progressives wanted to solve the problems of the ________________ Age

Gilded

200

A gross book about the Meat Packing Industry that helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act

The Jungle

300

What court case is associated with the 5th Amendment right to remain silent?

Miranda

300

Which Act gave settlers land for a cheap price if they would go live there?

Homestead Act

300

The type of business model where the company owns all of the production and product, causing increased prices.

Monopoly
300

One Progressive reform was the ability to fire a public official for breaking the law.  This is called a . . ..

Recall
300

The invention that prevented large cattle drives and caused fighting between ranchers and farmers

Barbed Wire

400

What right did the 15th amendment give to citizens?

The right for African American men to vote.

400

What industry changed from a "mom and pop" industry to a factory industry out in the Great Plains during the 1800s?

cattle

400

This Robber Baron extorted customers on his railroads in the winter by stopping the trains.

Cornelius Vanderbilt.

400

My pictures showed "how the other half lives"

Jacob Riis

400

The steel process which allowed for stronger and lighter steel for building skyscrapers

Bessemer Process

500

Paying someone to speak to Congress for you is called. . . .

Lobbying

500

Which groups helped to build an intercontinental transportation method?

Irish Americans and Chinese Americans

500

She wrote about the scandalous practices of John D. Rockefeller's company Standard Oil

Ida Tarbell

500

Which Amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?

17th Amendment

500

The Progressive President who said, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick."

Teddy Roosevelt