Rich & Poor
By 1900, this city had over a million and a half resident living in unsanitary tenement housing
(Hint: N.Y.C)
What is New York City?
In 1868, this Tennessee Democrat became the first president to be impeached
(Hint: A.J)
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This day in September was made a federal holiday to make peace with unions after the Pullman Strike of 1894?
(Hint: L.D)
What is Labor Day?
This Underground Railroad conductor lived until 1913, operating a retirement home for Black people in upstate New York
(Hint: H.T)
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This sport was almost banned after causing 13 deaths in one year
(Hint: F)
What is football?
This inventor from New Jersey has over 1,000 patents, including the light bulb, record player, motion picture camera, and electric power station.
(Hint: T.E)
Who is Thomas Edison?
This indistrialist was the richest American in history (with a net worth of over $400,000,000,000 inflation-adjusted) thanks to his monopoly over the oil industry.
(Hint: J.R)
Who is John Rockefeller?
This former Union general faced many scandals as president, including the Credit Mobilier scandal, the Indian Ring scandal, and the Whiskey Ring scandal.
(Hint: U.S.G)
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The workers who cross picket lines to take the jobs of striking workers
(hint: S)
This former slave turned abolitionist and writer had a lengthy career in politics, serving as US Marshall for Washington DC and Minister to Haiti
(Hint: F.D)
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, and Kentucky Derby are known as the Triple Crown of this sport?
(Hint: H.R)
What is horse racing?
Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for inventing this device in 1876, even though it had actually been invented five years earlier by Antonio Meucci
(Hint: the T)
What is the telephone?
This industrialist wrote the "Gospel of Wealth"; he used his fortune to fund libraries and other philanthropic ventures
(Hint: A.C)
Who is Andrew Carnegi?
This Ohio Republican wasn't president for long before he was assassinated by a mentally unstable man who claimed he should have been appointed minister to France.
(Hint: J.G)
Who is James Garfield?
This national union of Black workers led by Frederick Douglass advocated for low interest loans for Black farmers
(Hint: the N.C.L.U)
What is the National Colored Labor Union?
This prominent Black leader of the Gilded Age was known as an "accomodationist" for prioritizing economic self-improvement over fighting discriminatory laws
(Hint: B.T.W)
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This sport exploded in popularity after two ponds were dedicated to it in New York's Central Park.
(Hint: I.S)
What is ice skating?
This popular drink contained cocaine when it was first sold in 1886
(Hint: C.C)
What is Coca-Cola?
These homeless migrant workers would hop on freight trains to travel the country in search of seasonal jobs
(Hint: H)
Who are hobos?
This Ohio Republican was unable to govern effectively after emerging victorious in the controversial 1876 presidential election.
(Hint: R.B.H)
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
There were major crackdowns on the labor movement after this 1886 incident in Chicago
(Hint: the H.A)
What is the Haymarket Affair?
After the end of Reconstruction, over 80% of Black workers in the South were engaged in this exploitative system of farming?
(hint: S)
What is sharecropping?
This employee of the YMCA in Springfield Massachusetts invented basketball in 1891
(Hint: J.N)
Who is Joe Naismath?
This inventor created the Alternating Current Generator and Transmission System, which would be used to bring electricity to cities throughout America, but did not make much money since he sold the patent
(Hint: N.T)
Who is Nikola Tesla?
This North Carolina mansion is the largest private house in America
(Hint: the B.E)
What is the Biltmore Estate?
This "stalwart" Republican had been fired as Collector of the Port of New York in a corruption scandal, but went on to become president just a few years later
(Hint: C.A.A)
Who is Chester A. Arthur?
This was the largest union in America during the Gilded Age, with over 700,000 members.
(Hint: the K.O.L)
Who were the Knights of Labor?
This 1896 Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation was not unconstitutional
(Hint: P.V.F)
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This sport was invented at the YMCA, just eight years and four years apart from the invention of basketball
(Hint: V)
What is volleyball?
This 1888 invention is credited with the development of America's first suburbs, like Newton, Massachusetts.
(Hint: the E.S)
What is the electric streetcar?