Important Acts
Vocabulary
Famous People
Writers
Miscellaneous
100
This act was created in 1906. This enables the United States Department of Agriculture to inspect all animals that get turned into products for human consumption.
What is The Meat Inspection Act?
100
Another word for Barn beginning with the letter "G".
What is Grange?
100
He perfected the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
He was an American author, journalist, and social activist.
Who is Jack London?
100
This was the practice of politicians referencing the blood of martyrs or heroes to criticize opponents
What is The Bloody Shirt?
200
This act was created on January 16, 1883.
What is The Pendleton Act?
200
A word meaning a judicial process or order requiring the person or people to whom it is directed, to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
What is Injunction?
200
He is an American psychologist and philosopher. He was trained as a medical doctor.
Who is William James?
200
He is a famous writer. He wrote Huckleberry Finn.
Who is Mark Twain?
200
It is a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894. This started in Pullman, Illinois.
What is The Pullman Strike?
300
An act created in 1903, to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.
What is The Elkins Act?
300
The rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy is known as this.
What is putocracy?
300
The reason we talk on the phone today is because of this man.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
300
This author was born in Massachussetts . His novels about boys who succeed under the care of older mentors were hugely popular in the 1800s.
Who is Horatio Alger?
300
This was a 45 day strike. It happened in the year 1877.
What is The Great Railroad Strike?
400
This act gave the United States the power to to set maximum railroad rates.
What is The Hepburn Act?
400
People who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue is referred to as this.
Example: In politics, this person is neutral on a controversial issue.
What are Mugwumps?
400
She was an american writer that became an activist to improve how the government treated Native Americans.
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
400
Two of this author's famous quotes:
"I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it."
Who is Upton Sinclair?
400
One of the first federations of labor unions in the US. It was founded in 1886.
What is The A.F of L?
500
This act is January 14, 1875. It provided for the redemption of United States paper currency. Also known as Greenbacks.
What is The Resumption Act?
500
A character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
What is pragmatism?
500
"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."
This famous person quoted this.
Who is Charles Evans Hughes?
500
This author died at the age of 75. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper".
Who is Charlotte Gilman?
500
It's initials are NLU.
What is the National Labor Union?