The nations first transcontinental railroad line was completed.
When is 1869
100
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act
When is 1882
100
what ended the great depression
What is world war II
100
this device improved on the telegraph by allowing people to send spoken rather than written messages
What is the telephone
100
What does GDP stand for
What is Gross domestic proudct?
200
The invention of the Telegraph
When is the mid 1840s.
200
Time period when rapid growth of cities led to very poor living conditions.
When is the 1800s
200
What caused the Great Depression
What is the stock market crashed
200
in 1962 the worlds first international communications satellite was placed in orbit.
What is telstar
200
The average yearly income of a country's inhabitants.
What is Per capita income?
300
The telegraph used electrical pluses to carry messages
What is morse code
300
Legal separation of people of different races
What is segregation
300
time period of the Great Depression
When is the 1929 to 1941
300
automoblies became commonplace in
What is 1920s
300
The ratio of births to deaths in a country per year
What is Population growth
400
Developed the first practical electric lightbulb in 1879
Who is Thomas A. Edison
400
People were packed into poorly built overcrowded apartment dwellings
What are tenements
400
What time period happend right before the Great Depression
What is the Roaring 20's
400
the rise of the personal computer began in
When is 1970s
400
A country's percentage of its population that can read and write
What is Literacy rates?
500
John D. Rockfeller formed the standard oil trust
When is 1882
500
Enforced segregation by requiring african americans to eat in diffferent restaurants, attend different schools, and ride in different railroad cars from those used by whites
What are jim crow laws
500
What caused farmers to leave their farms and head to the west coast to find work
What is the dust bowl
500
provided users with the ability to communicate rapidly and to access enormous amounts of information in a very short time.