Presidents
Inventors/artists
Choo Choo
Writers
Key Terms
100
The 1st President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
100
Inventor of Lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
Largest Railroad Network.
What is the Union Pacific Railroad.
100
The writer of 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer'
Who is Mark Twain?
100
Gilded Age.
What is an era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States
200
The assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
200
Inventor of Cotton Gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
200
Part of the 1st transcontinental railroad.
What is the Central Pacific Railroad?
200
Writer of 'Call of the Wild'
Who is Jack London?
200
The 'Bloody Shirt'
What is referencing the blood of martyrs or heroes to criticize opponents
300
Day of inauguration.
What is January 20?
300
Creator of 1st telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
300
Pullman Strike.
What is a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads?
300
Write of 'Bayou Folk' and 'A Night in Acadie'.
Who is Kate Chopin?
300
Whiskey Ring
What is scandal, exposed in 1875, involving diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy
400
President during Pearl Harbor attack.
Who is President Roosevelt?
400
The Creator of the 1st successful airplane.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
400
Great Railroad Strike.
What is a big railroad strike?
400
Writer of 'Yellow Wall Paper'.
Who is Charlotte Gilman?
400
Resumption Act.
What is the redemption of United States paper currency, known colloquially as greenbacks, in gold, beginning in 1879.
500
The 1st president to get impeached?
What is Andrew Johnson?
500
Oil Painter.
Who is Winslow Homer?
500
Helped the Union in the Civil War.
What is a railroad.
500
Writer of 'A Century of Dishonor'.
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
500
Civil Right Cases.
What is a group of five similar cases consolidated into one issue for the United States Supreme Court to review.