Immigration to the United States during the 19th Century, due to construction of the transcontinental railroad PRIMARILY involved workers from this Asian country...
What is China
100
The building of THIS helped to further Westward Expansion in the United States after 1865
What is the transcontinental railroad
100
Paper money
What is greenback
100
This 1900s philosophy is best expressed in this quote:
"Nature's cure for most social and political diseases is better than man's"
What is Social Darwinism
100
A corrupt owner of a railroad company was nicknamed...
What is a "robber baron"
200
“It was a sight to behold. Why, I don’t know how they survived. Whole families sharing small rooms with other families. The smell was horrible, and the Lord only knows what critters were living behind them walls. I guess it’s good they work sixteen-hour days; ain’t no room for much except sleeping.”
This quote best describes an ...
What is an urban slum
200
"Standard gauge", "standard time" and the Pullman Car all had a tremendous impact on what industry?
What is the railroad industry
200
A market in which there is only one supplier of a product and no market competition
What is monopoly
200
This 20th century political party wanted government ownership of the railroads, an eight-hour workday, an income tax and to form coinage from silver
What is the Populist Party
200
This man's corrupt hold over the oil industry eventually caused the government to rethink monopolies
Who is John D. Rockefeller
300
During the late 19th century, these groups promised business contracts, government jobs and money for poor immigrants in exchange for jobs.
What are political machines
300
One effect of the Interstate Commerce Act (1877) was to put regulations on this industry
What is the railroad industry
300
Government payments to cover a farmer's losses due to over-production
Subsidies
300
Thousands of African Americans left the south in the early 1900s to escape discrimination, racial segregation and Jim Crow laws in a movement that later became known as...
What is the "Great Migration"
300
This act was passed in an attempt by the government to regulate monopolies, and was eventually used against labor unions as well
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
400
This leader of the infamous Tammany Hall political machine in New York City was accused and convicted of stealing millions of dollars from the New York State Treasury
Who is William "Boss" Tweed
400
The invention of this explosive, by Nobel, made railroad building much easier, especially through the Rockies
What is dynamite
400
This act abolished tribal organizations and divided up reservations for the purpose of allotting land to individual Native American families
Dawes Act
400
This movement arose out of a negative response to immigration
What is the nativism movement
400
As the leader of this movement, Eugene Debs fought for workers' rights
What is the labor union movement
500
In the early 20th century, this woman opened "Hull House" as a settlement house to help the poor and immigrants
Who is Jane Addams
500
True or False: The Populist Party supported government ownership of railroads and telegraph lines
TRUE
500
Local farmers pooled their resources to purchase new machinery and supplies, as well as to sell their produce without paying other distributors
What is the grange
500
Upon arrival to the United States in the early 1900s, Chinese immigrants processed through this island
What is Angel Island (in San Francisco Bay)
500
In 1869, this robber baron extended his New York Central railroad to reach Chicago, resulting in faster travel for passengers and goods