Reconstruction
Industrialization
Immigration
Progressive Era
Miscellaneous
100
This is the main right given by the 15th amendment
Right to vote
100
This big business leader dominated the oil industry during the Industrial Revolution
John D. Rockefeller
100
This was the most significant immigrant processing center on the west coast of the United States
Angel Island
100
The term "gilded means"...
Covered in a thin layer of gold
100
This is the address of FFMS
30 Parrott Road, West Nyack NY
200
This man became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
200
This "law" determines the price of goods in a capitalist economy
Supply and demand
200
This law offered 160 acres of land to settlers who agreed to work and maintain it for 5 years
Homestead Act
200
These journalists helped expose some of the issues in America during the Progressive Era
Muckrakers
200
Mr. Cavanagh worked at this professional sports stadium before becoming a teacher
Yankee Stadium (or MSG)
300
This term refers to the idea that slavery should be ended for good
Abolition
300
Over 16 people died in this clash between Carnegie Steel workers and the Pinkerton army.
Homestead Strike
300
"New Immigrants" came from countries such as (at least 3 countries required)
Russia, Poland, Greece, Italy
300
This 1883 law established a merit-based system for federal jobs, replacing the political "spoils system" with competitive exams for government positions
Pendleton Civil Service Act
300
This many pounds of candy are given out in the United States each Halloween (Closest answer wins)
600 million
400
This court case established the legal precedent of "separate but equal"
Plessy vs. Ferguson
400
This man invented the telephone, changing the way the world communicated forever
Alexander Graham Bell
400
After Europe and Asia, this location brought the third largest population of immigrants to America during the late 1800s-early 1900s
Canada
400
This president introduced the idea of a "Square Deal" in America during the Progressive Era
Teddy Roosevelt
400
As a student at Clarkstown, Mr. Cavanagh played this sport
Hockey
500
This Democrat lost the disputed Election of 1876 to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
500
The name of this 1904 political cartoon from Puck Magazine
Next!
500
This fifteen year old Irish immigrant was the first person to officially pass through Ellis Island
Annie Moore
500
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote
19th Amendment
500
There are this many days until Winter Recess
50