Famous American entrepreneur who created his "Gospel of wealth"
Who is Andrew Carnegie
100
Famous American general who suffered a surprising defeat at the hands of angry Sioux tribes in 1877
Who is George Custer
100
He served two unimpressive terms as president between 1868 and 1876, largely because there were no other good candidates to choose from
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
100
1896 court case validating the "separate but equal" understanding of race relations in the U.S.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
100
Name at least two issues the U.S. had going into war with Spain in 1898:
What is old generals and lack of updated supplies
200
The concept that multiple products can use the same style of parts, making production faster and cheaper
What are interchangeable parts
200
After this battle, U.S. troops pushed Natives in the midwest off to remote reservations, opening up millions of acres for Americans to occupy
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee
200
This event in 1873 caused business go to belly-up and banks to close their doors because of overlending
What is the Panic of 1873
200
This organization formed in 1909 to address the rights of African-American and to confront racial inequality in the U.S.
What is the NAACP
200
President who took America through the Spanish-American War (hint: Roosevelt once compared him to a creamy dessert)
Who is William McKinley
300
Famous event in the 1890s revolving around steel workers in western Pennsylvania
What is the Homestead Strike
300
This group was helped most by the Populist movement of the 1870s and 1880s
Who are farmers
300
This 1883 piece of legislation passed by Cleveland assured standardized tests for those seeking employment as a civil-service worker
What is the Pendleton Service Act
300
This was a typical punishment for African-Americans during the Jim Crow period, particularly when done illegally by a mob
What is lynching
300
The American victory at Manila in the Philippines was spearheaded by this heroic American general
Who is John Dewey
400
The most radical of all the new labor union groups in the late 19th century
What is the IWW (Int'l Workers of the World)
400
A name for Americans who moved west in search of property and freedom and took advantage of the new, cheap land
Who are the Boomers
400
The grimy New York politician who stole millions of dollars from the city and had a ring of corruption going back several decades at all levels of politics
Who is William Marcy "Boss" Tweed
400
Founder of the NAACP
Who is Mary Ovington
400
Law written after victory in the war stating that America has the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, both politically and militarily.
What is the Platt Amendment
500
Piece of legislation passed in 1864 guaranteeing workers citizenship if they worked for one year upon arriving in America
What is the Contract Labor Act of 1864
500
This law, passed in 1887, sold millions of acres of former Native territory to Americans seeking to settle west
What is the Dawes Act
500
Specific name of agreement between Panama and the United States to purchase what remained of the canal-building zone in 1904