This branch of the government introduces and creates bills to become laws.
What is legislative branch?
100
What Republican candidate ran in the Election of 1860?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
He had over 1,000 patents during his lifetime, many of which he came up with at his invention factory in Menlo Park, NJ.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
He wrote "The Jungle" in an attempt to inform society about the hardships of immigrant life.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
100
He was a racecar driver turned fighter pilot who eventually was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service.
Who is Eddie Rickenbacker?
200
He wrote the revolutionary pamphlet, "Common Sense."
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
She wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
200
He brought the Bessemer system to the US and ran an extremely successful company before selling it to JP Morgan.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
200
TR became president after this man was assassinated.
Who is William McKinley?
200
His assassination was the tipping point that caused WWI to begin in Europe.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
300
This POTUS defended the use of the "spoils system" as democratic and ideal for US government.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
This was the first state to secede from the Union after the election of 1860.
What is South Carolina?
300
The doctrine "separate but equal" comes from this US Supreme Court case.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
300
This term describes sensationalizing the news in an attempt to sell more newspapers, but it had other lasting effects like the Spanish American War.
What is yellow journalism?
300
The movement of African Americans from the South to the North during WWI is known as this.
What is the Great Migration?
400
This decision made during Jefferson's presidency doubled the size of the continental United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
This amendment to the US Constitution banned slavery in the US.
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
Many European immigrants of the late 1800s were admitted at Ellis Island, while many Asian immigrants went through this immigration station in California.
What is Angel Island?
400
This photographer published "How the Other Half Lives."
Who is Jacob Riis?
400
The Palmer Raids were a byproduct of this concern of the era.
What is the Red Scare?
500
Colonists referred to the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Acts together as this.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
Continuation of the ghost dance rituals led to tragedy at this location.
What is Wounded Knee?
500
The very first skyscraper was a 10 story building in this US city and state.
What is Chicago, Illinios?
500
This commodore went to Japan to impress and attempt to open up trade there.
Who is Matthew C. Perry?
500
This president had success with his call for a return to normalcy to get away from so many dramatic changes in American society.