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Wild Card
100
The founder of the Standard Oil Company, which produced, transported, refined, and marketed oil.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
100
This person is most well-known for his contributions to the railroad industry, namely the formation of the New York Central Railroad.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
100
This made the production of steel more efficient, more durable, and cheaper to produce.
What is the Bessemer Process?
100
These were the general locations that "old" immigrants came from.
What are Western and Northern Europe?
100
These laws demanded separate facilities for white and Black citizens.
What are Jim Crow laws?
200
This innovator invented the "modern day" typewriter.
Who is Christopher Sholes?
200
In fear that immigrants were taking many of the jobs in the 1870s, this piece of legislation was passed in 1882 that completely halted the flow of immigrants from one particular country for any reason other than education, tourism, etc.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
200
This was a large reason why many citizens left rural areas and moved toward urban areas.
What is the growth of technology made many rural jobs obsolete? (Sorry this is such a terrible question -__-)
200
Italy, Poland, Hungary, and Russia for example
What are examples of "new" immigrant countries
200
This political cartoonist was known for his sketches that exposed the filth and corruption of the Gilded Age.
Who is Thomas Nast?
300
This disenfranchisement effort transformed voting by allowing citizens to vote if a male family member voted before January 1, 1867.
What is the Grandfather Clause?
300
This business practice involves buying up or owning every phase of production - from raw materials to shipping and marketing.
What is vertical integration?
300
This act stated that anyone who was 21 years old and had never taken up arms against the U.S. could be eligible for a federal land grant in the West and midwest
What is the Homestead Act?
300
This was the immigration processing station for immigrants crossing the Pacific Ocean.
What is Angel Island?
300
This law was created to eradicate monopolies in the railroad industry.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
400
Swift and Armour helped transform which industry?
What is the meat packing industry?
400
This philosophy essentially stated that some businesses are "more fit" for survival than others under laissez-faire
What is Social Darwinism?
400
This city became a leader in the production of steel.
What is Pittsburgh?
400
This was the name of the photographer who captured the "less than ideal" living conditions in which immigrants lived in a work titled "How the Other Half Lives".
Who is Jacob Riis?
400
This political leader of Tammany Hall was eventually arrested for embezzlement and became a symbol for the corruption of Gilded Age politics
Who is William "Boss" Tweed?
500
This movement and political party was initially created to look out for the interests of farmers, who felt their views were not being considered appropriately.
What is the Populist Party?
500
The Gold Crisis of the Late 1800s is most associated with which President?
Who is Grover Cleveland?
500
She was a philanthropist and women's rights activist who co-founded the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois.
Who is Jane Addams?
500
This was an agreement between President Teddy Roosevelt and Japan to lift the segregation of Japanese immigrants in schools.
What is the Gentleman's Agreement?
500
This man assassinated President Garfield because he believed he was owed a government position, which eventually led to civil service reform under the Pendleton Act.
Who is Charles Guiteau?