Important Names
Who was the evangelist who had once been a famous baseball player?
Billy Sunday
Who is a person who leaves his own country to make his home in another country?
Immigrant
William McKinley
Which group of Pacific Islands did the United States help free from Spain in the Spanish-American War?
Philippine Islands
Which Pennsylvania flood took the lives of over 2,000 people?
Johnstown Flood
What was the U.S. West Coast port for immigrants?
Angel Island
What law passed to keep Chinese laborers out of the United States?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Which President became president when Garfield died and established time zones in the United States?
Chester Arthur
Which future President was sent by the United States to set up a government for the Philippines?
William Howard Taft
What was the deadliest natural disaster in the United States?
Hurricane in Galveston, Texas
Who was the American evangelist who started a Sunday school movement in Chicago?
Dwight L. Moody
Which U.S. Navy ship sank in Cuba and sparked the beginning of the Spanish-American War?
U.S.S. Maine
Which President was the first president to be elected again after another president had served?
Grover Cleveland
Which island was possessed by Spain until the end of the Spanish-American War?
Cuba
What was the largest passenger liner in the world at the time and sank on its first voyage after hitting an iceberg?
What was the U.S. East Coast entry port for immigrants?
Ellis Island
Which group of American soldiers were led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War?
Rough Riders
Which President was the grandson of a former president and expanded the U.S. Navy?
Benjamin Harrison
Who was the leader of the U.S. naval fleet that destroyed the Spanish-Pacific fleet of ships?
Admiral George Dewey
Who was President when the Panama Canal opened?
Woodrow Wilson
What was the meeting that established times zones around the world?
International Meridian Conference
What is the narrow strip of land that connects North and South America?
Isthmus of Panama
Which President was shot after four months in office?
James Garfield
Battle of San Juan Hill
Who saved the lives of Panama Canal workers by controlling disease-carrying mosquitoes?
Colonel William Gorgas