Unit 4: Challenges of the Late 1800s

October Trivia 🍂🎃

100

This coffee company first introduced their famous Pumpkin Spiced Latte in the year 2004.

Starbucks

200

In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this character is known as the Pumpkin King

Jack Skellington

300

This famous Michael Jackson song features a music video with zombies dancing in the streets.

Thriller

400

This Massachusetts town is famous for its witch trials in 1692.

Salem

500

This is the most popular Halloween candy sold in the US.

Reese's Cups

Vocabulary

100

Boomtowns that were abandoned and left after there was no more gold to be found in an area.

Ghost towns

200

Public lands where Native Americans were required to live by the federal government.

Reservations

300

The building of this moved people and goods between the east and the west.

The Transcontinental Railroad

400

This law gave 160 acres of land to persons willing to live on land and cultivate it for five years.

The Homestead Act

500

The law that created a civil service system for the federal government in an attempt to hire employees based on merit and qualifications rather than a spoils system.

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Events & Movements

100

During the 1800s, Americans moved west to settle new lands and search for opportunities.

Westward Expansion

200

The violent conflicts and battles between Native Americans and white settlers came to be known as this.

The Indian Wars

300

This process of encouraging Native Americans to adopt American customs, clothing, and education.

Americanization

400

This movement brought farmers together to fight for better prices and fair railroad shipping rates.

The Grange Movement

500

The first major mass migration of African Americans following the Civil War as they tried to escape racial prejudice and violence.

The Exoduster Movement

Groups/People

100

This group of immigrants faced racial prejudice as Congress passed a law which prohibited them from entering the US.

Chinese immigrants

200

This war hero president is remembered for scandal and corruption during his time as president.

Ulysses S. Grant

300

A network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economic reforms.

Farmer's Alliance

400

Also known as the People's Party. This political party formed to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms.

Populist Party

500

This man became known as the first presidential candidate to campaign by  touring the nation and speaking directly to voters.

William Jennings Bryan