Native America
What two major types of animals were introduced to the Americas by the Spanish?
Cows (Cattle) and Horses
What law gave Native AMericans private property and forced children to go to schools to Americanize them?
Dawes Act
What were the two railroads that were involved with making the transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
What was the money printed during the Civil War which could not be exchanged for gold?
Greenbacks
What platform do people who support silver and gold support? (For a second 100, what is the nickname)
Bimetallism (Silverite)
Who was is credited with the invention of the lightbulb
Thomas Edison
What are the two nicknames for the tycoons involved with industrialization in America?
Robber Barons and Capitans of Industry
This law was made to break up monopolies.
Sherman Anti-Trust Law
What was the racist reaction to immigration called?
Nativism
How many Native American Languages are still spoken today?
800+
What battle did Custer die at?
Little Big Horn
What were African Americans who moved west from the Post-Reconstruction South called?
Exodusters
What does Populism Mean?
Movement of the People
What does someone who favors gold only support? (What is the nickname for an additional 200)
Gold standard
Gold bugs
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What person made his money in the Steel industry based in Pittsburg?
Andrew Carnegie
What was the first major union?
National Labor Union
What are "hyphenated Americans"? (You can give an example)
Irish-American
Immigrants that kept some of their own culture and taking up parts of american culture
What animal did many Native Americans rely upon in the Great Planes?
Buffalo/Bison
How many buffalo were there at the end of the 18th century?
a few hundred
What type of house was made out of dirt and grass
Soddy
What Speech did William Jennings Bryan make at the Democratic National Convention?
Cross of Gold
Which party was gold bugs and which party was the Silverites
Silverite - Democrats
Gold Bug - Republican
Who invented the type writer?
Christopher Sholes
Who made their money in the oil business?
John D. Rockefeller
What was the Haymarket Riot's original protest about?
8 hour work day
What group lobbied for bills to deny immigrants entry if they were illiterate?
Immigration Restriction League
What Native America Tribe was the last major group of resistance to US expansion into the Great Plains
Sioux
What regions did many men come from to be cowboys?
South and Mexico
What Farming Equipment companies started during this time frame?
John Deere and McCormick
What was the event which started the debate over how money should be backed?
The Panic of 1893
What did Johnson require in his Reconstruction plan?
1. Larger percentage of the state voter's had to take pledge of allegiance.
2. Renounce Succession
3. Support the 13th amendment
Who invented away to drill for crude oil?
Edwin L. Drake
Who was a major player in the railroad industry and started company towns?
George Pullman
What was the strike that was about low wages and high rent?
Pullman Strike
What were the two major ports of entry for Immigration
Ellis Island, and Angel Island (If you give one of the other major port cities, it will be right for this jeopardy)
How did specific wording affect the public opinion of the U.S. involved with conflicts between the military and Native Americans?
Massacres if Native Americans won so people would view them more negatively and the U.S. troops winning would be labeled a battle.
What is it called when many herds of cows are led up from Texas to railroad towns in the center of the country?
Cattle Drive
What Act increased funding for Agricultural colleges?
Morrill Act
What party accepted the Populist platform?
Democratic
Which one or ones of the following did the Populist party not support?
Increased money supply, Secret ballots, 2 term limits on president, 8 hr work days, open immigration
open immigration and 2 term limits on president
Who invented barbed wire?
Joseph Glidden
Who was a rich banker and bought Carnegie Steel and started US Steel?
J.P. Morgan
What strike caused railroads to halt operations in multiple states?
The Great Stike of 1877
What were people who came to the US to make money and return home called?
Birds of Passage