What is the Bessemer Process and how did it come to America?
What is the Bessemer process was a cheap and efficient way to make steel. Andrew Carnegie saw the process when traveling in Europe and brought it back to America.
100
Invented by Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson. This helped to make sure crops could get harvested in a timely matter if their was inclement weather.
What is the Reaper.
100
This act brought about the idea of assimilation for Native Americans?
What is Dawes Act
200
Drilled oil with the use of a steam engine?
Who is Edwin L. Drake.
200
Immigration point for the East coast where mainly Europeans came through.
What is Ellis Island
200
What were working conditions like in the late 1800's/early 1900's?
What is they were inefficient, long hours for employees, unsanitary.
200
These two inventions changed the communication world forever.
What is the telegraph and the telephone.
200
This act was created to prevent monopolies from forming.
What is The Sherman Anti Trust Act
300
Created the Sleeper Car to give train travel a much more luxurious feel. He helped to create the travel industry in the U.S.
Who is George Pullman
300
Survival of the fittest.
Evolution of human society.
What is Social Darwinism
300
How did the federal government encourage westward settlement? (2 specific examples)
What is Homestead Act and Pacific Railway Act
300
He created the light bulb?
Who is Thomas Edison
300
Education programs designed to help immigrants assimilate into American culture.
What is Americanization Movement
400
Changed technology forever with the invention of the type writer.
Who is Christopher Stoles
400
illegal use of political influence for personal gain.
What is Graft
400
What was the Grange Movement ?
It was when farmers fought the power of the railroad industry.
400
Creator of the steam engine that helped Edwin L. Drake drill for oil.
Who is Robert Fulton
400
Act created that reestablished the government's right to supervise railroad activities.
What is Interstate Commerce Act
500
Robber Barons of the time period. Name the two primary robber barons and their industry.
Carnegie-Steel
Rockefeller- Oil
500
laws enacted in 1862 and 1890 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to the states.
What is the Morill Act
500
What kind of issues did crowded cities cause?
What is Unsanitary living conditions, crime, fires, disease.
500
This invention brought ground water to the surface for the areas of the plains that didn't have consistent weather patterns.
What is Steel Wind Mill.
500
What happened during the Munn vs Illinois case?
regulation of railroads to benefit the farmer as well as the consumer.