Famous Writers
Acts (Laws) of the 20th Century
Inventions and Inventors
Everything Railroad
Miscellaneous
100
He wrote famous novels "Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
Who is Mark Twain?
100
This act was first vetoed by President Rutherford B. Hayes, but became law in February 28, 1878.
What is the Bland-Allison Act?
100
He perfected the light bulb.
Who is Thomas (Alva) Edison?
100
The largest railroad network in the U.S.
What is the Union Pacific Railroad?
100
This was a decision made by the Supreme Court to limit a state's control of interstate commerce.
What is the Wabash Case?
200
An early muckracker who wrote for the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
Who is Henry Demarest Lloyd?
200
The act that allowed railroads to be heavily fined for offering rebates.
What is the Elkins Act?
200
He is credited for inventing the first practical telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
200
The former name of the railroad network between California and Utah.
What is the Central Pacific Railroad?
200
This organization was one of the largest and most important labor organizations in the 1880's.
Who are the Knights of Labor?
300
An female author of short stories and novels for both children and adults.
Who is Kate Chopin?
300
This act that was passed in 1906 required the USDA to inspect all animals before they were slaughtered to become eaten.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
300
The mass production of this material was made efficient with the use of the blacst furnace.
What is steel?
300
A strike against the low wages and mistreatment of railroad workers.
What is the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
300
These were Republicans who supported Grover Cleveland, a democratic presidential candidate in 1884.
What are The Mugwumps?
400
He is best known for his Christmas story "Christmas Every Day".
Who is William Dean Howells?
400
This act allowed people to trade in U.S. paper currency for gold. It was suspended during the Civil War.
What is the Resumption Act?
400
An early device that allowed long-distance communication, though inconvenient.
What is the telegraph?
400
A series of acts passed by Congress that supported the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
What are the Pacific Railway Acts?
400
This contract is an agreement between the employee and employer that the employee will not join any labor unions.
What is a Yellow Dog Contract?
500
She was an American writer who wrote about the bad treatment to Native Americans by the government.
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
500
The act that created the Federal Reserve System and authorized it to dispense legal tender.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
500
This made assembling things easier as a group of people could focus on just one part of the product.
What is the assembly line?
500
These railroad networks cross entire countries and often popularize many previously inaccessible areas.
What are transcontinental railways?
500
Ruling by wealth.
What is plutocracy?