Inventors
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who introduced crop rotation to the South?
George Washington Carver
What became the only standard for money in 1900?
gold
What became the symbol of mistreatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government?
Wounded Knee Massacre
What policy separated people based on their skin color?
segregation
Who developed the alternating current and became a competitor to Thomas Edison?
Nikola Tesla
Who gave the Atlanta Compromise speech?
Booker T. Washington
Who founded the Standard Oil Company of Ohio?
John. D. Rockefeller
What medical school was the first to practice extensive medical research?
Johns Hopkins
What chief led the Sioux war party against George Armstrong Custer and his men at Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse
Who developed an inexpensive method for turning iron ore into steel?
Sir Henry Bessemer
Who was a missionary to Alaska?
Sheldon Jackson
Who founded the Grange?
Oliver Hudson Kelley
What type of writing tells a story using the scenery, customs, and dialects of a specific region?
local color
What year was the World's Fair held in Chicago?
1893
Who invented the safety elevator?
Elisha Otis
During whose presidency was the Pendleton Civil Service Act passed?
Chester Arthur
Who owned the largest steel company in the world?
Andrew Carnegie
What was the first state to give full political privileges to women?
Wyoming
What law set a precedent for government regulation of business?
Sherman Antitrust
Who invented the practical commercial typewriter?
Christopher Sholes
Who was the first Democratic president after the Civil War?
Grover Cleveland
Wainwright Building
Who founded sixty-seven rescue missions in the United States?
Mel Trotter
What year was Chicago destroyed by a fire?
1871