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Westward Expansion
Immigration
Urbanization
People
Wars
100
Living on the "Great Plains" was very challenging for pioneer families. Which of the following would not be an adaptation for living on the "treeless wasteland"? a. barbed wire b. steel plow c. windmills d. cotton gin
What is cotton gin
100
Hope for better opportunities, religious freedom, escape oppressive governments and adventure were reasons for
What is increased immigration
100
Where is the automobile industry found? (city and state)
What is Detroit Michigan
100
African American who believed equality could be achieved through vocational education and accepted social separation was
Who is Booker T. Washington
100
Battle of Little Big Horn took place in which region of the United States?
What is Rocky Mountain and Midwest
200
Barbed wire helped the westward settlers because
What is kept their cattle from roaming off their land
200
Settlement houses, such as Hull House was founded by
Who is Jane Addams
200
Which region is incorrectly matched with the significant cities? a. Northeast-New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh b. Midwest-Chicago, Detroit, Saint Louis c. Pacific-Salt Lake City, Denver d. Southeast-Washington, DC, Atlanta, New Orleans
What is C Pacific
200
African American who believe in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans
Who was W.E.B. Du Bois
200
To protect American businesses in Cuba, Cuba wanted independence from Spain, sinking of the USS Maine, and Yellow Journalism were causes of
What is The Spanish-American War
300
Opportunity for land ownership, gold and silver, adventure, Transcontinental railroad, and a new beginning for former slavers were reasons for
What is westward expansion
300
Political machines gained power by attending to the needs of what group of people?
What are immigrants
300
Seattle Washington is located in what region of the United States?
What is Pacific
300
Name the Captains of the Industry. automobile, oil, and steel,
What is Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie
300
The US emerged as a world power, Cuba gained independence from Spain, the US gained possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico were results of
What is The Spanish-American War
400
Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west, land eroded by wind and water, low rainfall, and frequent dust storms were
What are physical features and climate of the Great Plains
400
Name the two groups of immigrants discriminated on while working on the Transcontinental Railroad.
What is Chinese and Irish
400
Access to raw materials and energy, availability of work force, inventions and financial resources were
What is factors resulting in the growth of industry
400
She was a leader of the Suffrage Movement?
What is Susan B. Anthony
400
Name the battle between the Sioux Indians and the American soldiers for land and moving the Indians onto reservations
What is Battle of Little Bighorn
500
After the Civil War, the Great Plains was considered
What is a vast area to be settled
500
Immigrants moved to the cities because of job opportunities. One area that they moved to was Chicago. What major industry was there
What is meatpacking industry
500
Mechanization, like the reaper, had reduced farm labor needs and increased produciotn and industrial development in cities created increased labor needs were postwar changes in
What is farm and city life
500
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison invented the telephone and electric lighting. These two inventions contributed great change and growth to
What is industries
500
The Nez Perc Indian who fought to keep his people off of reservations by moving north to Canada, but eventually gave up and said, "I will fight no more forever" was
Who was Chief Joseph