Second Industrial Revolution
Progressive Era
Western Expansion
Gilded Age
Trivia
100

What invention did Thomas Edison create that changed lighting?

What is the electric light bulb?

100

What is conservation?

What is protecting natural resources and areas?

100

What was the Homestead Act?

What is a law that encouraged Western migration by providing settlers land?

100

What catastrophic event happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

What is a fire?

100

Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

200

Who invented the telephone?

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

200

What were women fighting for in the suffrage movement?

What is the right to vote?

200

In what year did Montana become a state?

What is 1889?

200

What did labor unions aim to improve for workers?

What is better wages, hours, and working conditions?

200

What is the world's longest river?

What is the Amazon River?

300

What is urbanization?

What is the process of people moving from rural areas to cities?

300

What was the purpose of Ellis Island?

What is to process immigrants entering the United States?

300

What was one effect of railroad expansion on the West?

What is increased settlement and economic growth in the region?

300

What is Nativism?

What is the idea of protecting US citizens over immigrants?

300

What do the initials "GPS" stand for?

What is Global Positioning System?

400

What system of mass production became common during this period?

What is the factory system?

400

Who was a major president of the Progressive Era?

Who is Theodore Roosevelt? 

400

What battle involved the U.S. Army against Native American forces in 1876?

What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?

400

Who was a major figure in the oil industry and founded Standard Oil?

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

400

What year did the first iPhone come out?

What is 2007?

500

Who is known for founding the steel industry in America?

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

500

In what time period did the Progressive Era take place?

What is early 1900s?

500

What event marked the closing of the American frontier?

What is Montana becoming a state?

500

Who is a leading industrialist in the steel industry at this time?

Who was Andrew Carnegie?

500

What is the largest desert in the world?

What is Antarctica?