Progressive Era
This is the name given to investigative journalist who led reform movements to expose monopolists and their business practices
What is Muckrakers
Which two groups worked on the Transcontinental Railroad?
Who are the Chinese and Irish
This prohibited nomad tribes from migrating with the buffalo; Used to fence in land on the Great Plains, eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.
What is barbed wire
What was invented that increased work productivity and leisure time during the Gilded Age?
What is the light bulb
What is the name of the labor union created by Samuel Gompers
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What is the 18th amendment?
Prohibition-consumption and sale of alcohol is illegal
What is it called when people eliminate competition to acquire vast amounts of wealth?
What is a monopoly
This allowed a settler to acquire 160 acres by living on it for five years encouraging westward expansion
What is the Homestead Act of 1862
Name both immigration stations
What is Ellis Island and Angel Island
Name three things workers typically wanted to improve in the work place
Wages
Working hours
Better working conditions
This court case led to the "separate but equal" doctrine where the supreme court upheld the constitutionally of jim crow laws
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Who created the Standard Oil Company?
Rockefeller
This was a ritual the Sioux performed to bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land.
What is the Ghost Dance Movement
Who are considered "New Immigrants"?
Southern and Eastern Europeans
What is the name of the first civil rights organziation?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
What is the name of the act Ida Tarbell got passed after she exposed Rockefeller for corrupt business practices in her book "History of Standard Oil"?
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Who did the government give out loans to and protect during the Gilded Age?
Who is big business/monopolies
This was the name of the leader of the Sioux Tribe
Who is Sitting Bull
What was the act called that limited the amount of Chinese immigrants into the United States?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the 17th amendment?
Direct election of senators
Upton Sinclair got two pieces of legislation passed after he went under cover to expose the meat packing industry. Name BOTH
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
What is it called when someone owns all factors of production OR buys every step of the process of making their product
Vertical Integration
This is considered the last Native American resistance in 1890, after killing the of Sitting Bull, the 7th Cavalry rounded up Sioux at this place in South Dakota and 300 Natives were murdered.
What is Wounded Knee
Jane Addams created the first settlement house in Chicago. What was it called and who did it primarily serve?
Hull House
Aimed at providing housing and education for immigrant women
Who was the leader/founder of the NAACP? And what amendment did they primarily use to help end segregation and get African Americans civil rights
W.E.B. DuBois
14th amendment-equal citizenship and protection under the law