Rise of Cities
What was Gifted to America and resides in New York. Came from the French.
Statue of Liberty
What act passed in 1882 was the first major law to restrict immigration based on race or nationality?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What act passed in 1862 encouraged westward expansion by providing settlers with 160 acres of public land?
Homestead Act
Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives," exposing the poor living conditions in New York City tenements?
Jacob Riis
Which industry was most associated with the wealth of Andrew Carnegie?
Steel
What was the significant architectural innovation that allowed cities to grow taller and more densely populated in the late 19th century?
Skyscraper
What famous battle in 1876 saw the defeat of General George Custer by a coalition of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes?
Battle of Little Bighorn
Which act of 1883 reformed the civil service system and ended the spoils system by requiring government jobs to be awarded based on merit?
Pendelton Civil Service reform act
Which muckraker's work, "The Jungle," led to reforms in the meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclaire
Who invented the telephone, revolutionizing communication during the late 19th century?
Alexander Graham Bell
What term describes the crowded, often unsanitary urban neighborhoods where many immigrants lived?
Tenements
which ethnic group faced significant discrimination in the West during the late 19th century, particularly due to competition over jobs in mining and railroads?
Chinese Immigrants
hat 1890 law was designed to prohibit business practices that restricted competition or created monopolies?
Sherman Anti-trust Act
What reformer founded Hull House in Chicago to provide social and educational services to immigrants and the poor?
Jane Adams
What was the main fuel that powered factories and transportation during the Industrial Revolution in America?
Coal
What major event in the 19th century led to a massive influx of immigrants into urban areas in the United States?
Industrial Revolution
What was the primary destination for many European immigrants arriving in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, where they underwent processing and inspections?
Ellis Island
What 1869 law created the first transcontinental railroad and granted land and subsidies to railroad companies?
Pacific Railroad Act
Which African American journalist led an anti-lynching campaign and wrote extensively on the horrors of racial violence?
Ida B Wells
Which financier was instrumental in creating the United States Steel Corporation, the world’s first billion-dollar company?
J.P. Morgan
What public health crisis in urban areas during the late 19th century highlighted the need for sanitation reforms?
Cholera Outbreak
Which act, passed in 1887, aimed to assimilate Native Americans but resulted in the loss of millions of acres of tribal land?
Dawes Act
What act, passed in 1887, regulated the railroad industry and required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just"?
Interstate Commerce Act
Which prominent reformer worked to improve labor conditions and helped establish the National Child Labor Committee?
Florence Kelly
What invention by Thomas Edison revolutionized industrial production and daily life during the Gilded Age?
Electric Light Bulb