Industry
Gilded Age
Life on the Great Plains
Immigrants and Inventors
Spanish American War
100

This man had a monopoly in the Steel industry.

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

100

Many labor unions argued that working 14 hours a day was too much.  This is how many hours they did think was fair to work a day.

8 hour work day

100

This man said, "I am tired. My heart is sick and sad.  From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Who is Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe?

100

This man invented the telephone.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

100

After winning the Spanish American War, the US gained these.

What are territories? (or may be specific - Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines)

200

This was a reason why the South needed to become productive again after the Civil War by growing industries.

They needed to become more productive after losing slaves

Much of the South was in ruin

Many fields, farms, and factories were destroyed

200

This is what people were called who were involved in forms of government dishonesty and corruption.

political machines


200

This was the nickname for soldiers who had to patrol and protect travel routes and settlers from the Native Americans and many received medals and honors to recognize them for serving their country.

Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?

200

This man invented the lightbulb.

Who was Thomas Edison?

200

This ship blew up and helped persuade Americans to declare war on Spain because people believed that Spain was responsible for blowing it up.

What is the USS Maine?

300

This man turned the oil industry into a monopoly with his company, Standard Oil.

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

300

These were the three main industries that become monopolies during the Gilded Age.

What are oil, railroads, and steel?

300

This was a challenge that farmers faced on the Great Plains.

(Answers will vary)

crops destroyed, digging wells for water, tough sod made it hard to plow, lack of timber so built sod homes, extreme weather, etc.

300

This immigration center treated immigrants from England, Ireland, Poland, and Italy more fairly.

What is Ellis Island?

300

The belief in a country gaining power by taking over other smaller countries is this, which was also a cause of the Spanish American War.

What is imperialism?

400

This is what a company is called that completely controlled a certain industry.

What is a monopoly?

400

This could be described by saying that it was an Era of rapid economic growth and economic disparity.

What is the Gilded Age?

400

This was something the US government did that affected the Great Plains region.

What is - pass the Homestead Act of 1862?

400

This man invented the Model T after working for Thomas Edison's company.

Who was Henry Ford?

400

This was an American all-volunteer cavalry regiment.

What are the Rough Riders?

500

It was important to grow this industry first, so that other industries, such as lumber and mining, would grow as well.

What is railroads?

500

Samuel Gompers saw the need for many smaller unions to join together so he founded this.

What is the American Federation of Labor?

500

This law from 1862 opened up millions of acres of land out west for settlement.

What is the Homestead Act?

500

Once immigrants came to America, they often realized this.

(Answers may vary)

That life was not as good or easy as they thought it would be.

500

This is what we call news that is exaggerated and not necessarily based on the facts.

What is "yellow journalism"?