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Homestead Act
100
The Homestead Act, the mass killing of buffalo, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad led to this.
What is the decline of the Plains Indians?
100
Mark Twain labeled the United States in late 1800s this because of the extravagant wealth and extreme poverty.
What is the "Gilded Age"?
100
This increased due to the Industrial Revolution.
What is immigration to the United States?
100
The main goal of the women's rights movement was this.
What is women's suffrage?
100
This is the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Great Plains?
200
The Indian Wars of 1860 to 1890 were mainly the result of this.
What is the movement of settlers on to the Great Plains?
200
This factor led to further industrialization in the United States between 1865 and 1900.
What is the expansion of the railroads?
200
Most immigrants moved to the cities at the turn of the century for this reason.
What is jobs were readily available?
200
Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt's greatest contribution to the Progressive reform movement is considered to be this.
What is his success as a leader of the conservation?
200
This movement was primarily interested in helping farmers.
What is the Populist Movement?
300
After the Civil War, Native Americans were moved on to reservations for this reason.
What is settlers, ranchers and prospectors wanted their tribal lands?
300
Most labor unions had this basic economic goal.
What is a shorter workday and higher wages?
300
Immigrants to the United States between 1890 and 1930 experienced discrimination for these reasons.
What is speaking different languages and having different customs?
300
These two shared the belief that African Americans could improve their social status by pursuing education.
Who are Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois?
300
The main reason for the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to provide this.
What is land for farms on the Great Plains?
400
In the late 1800's, the Federal Government's policy towards Native American Indians was this.
What is to destroy tribal lands and thus weaken tribal cultural values?
400
This movement's goal was to correct social and economic abuses caused by industrialism.
What is the Progressive Movement?
400
These areas grew faster than rural areas at the turn of the 20th century.
What are cities?
400
The initiative, the referendum and the recall were Progressive reforms which attempted to give the people this.
What is more power in local and state government?
400
The people choose party candidates for election to public office through this process.
What is the direct primary?
500
The Native Americans and the Federal Government were at war for this reason.
What is the United States wanted the land and to protect the safety of its settlers?
500
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 drew national attention to the need for this reform.
What is the need to protect the safety of workers?
500
During the Progressive era, these people were highly effective in reaching the public through articles and novels in the popular press.
Who are muckrakers?
500
African Americans were affected by the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson because the Supreme Court held this practice legal.
What is separate but equal?
500
The mechanization of agriculture in the United States led to an increase in production.
What is "farmers used machines to grow more food" in academic language?