Western Expansion
The first railroad to cross the United States was the....
Transcontinental Railroad
Which Captain of Industry is known for leading the Steel Monopoly?
Andrew Carnegie
This gave 160 acres of land for free to anyone willing to work the land for 5 years
The Homestead Act
Taxes
What's the name of the famous Beignet spot in the French Quarter?
Cafe du Monde
True or False: The Railroad was a Gilded Age invention
False
Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?
John D. Rockefeller
An act that allowed the government to move the Native Americans off of land
The Indian Removal Act
The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
Monopoly
True or False: New Orleans is older than the United States
True
In the late 1840's many people moved to California to look for
Gold
By the early 1900s the US had shifted from an agricultural to one based on...
Industry
The first significant law in the United States that restricted immigration
The Chinese Exclusion Act
A town that sprang up near an important mining stake, rail center or cattle center.
Boomtown
What is the name of the museum in City Park?
The NOMA (New Orleans Museum of Art)
The Transcontinental Railroad was mostly built by settlers from which two countries?
Thomas Edison created what invention that allowed working 24 hours a day?
The Lightbulb
This act broke up tribes and gave allotments of land to Native Americans
The Dawes Act
The growth of cities
Urbanization
What is the only part of the West Bank that is technically considered New Orleans?
Algiers
Buying this land doubled the size of the United States
The Louisiana Purchase
Most people that immigrated from Western European countries entered the U.S. through which immigration station?
Ellis Island
This act was used by Teddy Roosevelt as his weapon to break up trusts and monopolies
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The idea that the United States is inherently better or different from other nations
American Exceptionalism
Which major parade rolls the Sunday night before Mardi Gras?
Bacchus