This Gospel of Wealth author has a famous "Hall" in New York City named for him.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
100
In 1889 Jane Addams opened this Chicago settlement for the underprivileged, which would become the model for other settlements like it across the country.
What is the Hull House?
100
The broad term for early 20th century reforms like women's rights, black rights and workers unions.
What is progressivism?
100
This Baltimore university, founded in 1876, helped make significant advancements to the American medical field.
What is Johns Hopkins?
200
We associated this inventor with vehicles but his most significant contribution was the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
200
NAWSA stands for this group which championed women's voting rights in the early 1900s.
What is National American Women's Suffrage Association?
200
This "ism" is linked to the name of its creator; first name, Charles.
What is Darwinism?
200
This public space, started in 1858, is one of the most well-known in the world and located in America's most populated city.
What is Central Park?
300
Wilbur and Orville Wright tested the first successful flight in this North Carolina town.
What is Kitty Hawk?
300
This well-known woman worked as a crusader with the National Association of Colored Women to challenge racial segregation and violence.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
300
The history of this "ism" is often related to 19th and 20th century developments like textile mills and the assembly line and usually influences urbanism.
What is industrialism?
300
The first modern skyscraper was built in 1884 in this American city?
What is Chicago?
300
In an attempt to his law required that railroads publish and file their rates with the government
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
400
This banker helped create and develop the banking "trust" system and is known primarily by his first two initials.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
400
The Temperance Movement was lead primarily by women, most notably this religious organization.
What is Women's Christian Temperance Movement (WCTU)?
400
The growth of mass production in the early 20th century was both influenced by and directly effected the increase of this "ism."
What is consumerism?
400
The Chicago world's fair of 1893 was held to honor the 400th anniversary of this man's journey to America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
500
Though Humphry Davy and Joseph Swan were first to invent a light bulb, Thomas Edison is accredited with inventing this type of bulb.
What is the incandescent light bulb?
500
In 1919 prohibitionists were successful in convincing Congress to pass this (short lived) law.
What is the 18th amendment?
500
Psychologists William James helped develop the doctrine, which held that societal ideals must be scientifically tested, became known as this "ism."
What is pragmatism?
500
One of several literary realist of the late 19th century, this author published the novel, Maggie: a Girl on the Streets, that told of life in American urban poverty.