FAMOUS LOCALES
AUTHORS AND WORKS
RAILROADS
INVENTORS/INVENTIONS
AMERICAN INDIANS
100
IN 1871 THIS MAJOR CITY WAS DEVASTATED BY A GREAT FIRE
What is CHICAGO
100
THIS FAMOUS COLOR WRITER COINED THE PHRASE "THE GILDED AGE"
Who is MARK TWAIN
100
THIS RAILROAD ENGINEER DIED IN THE CRASH OF THE "CANNONBALL"
Who is CASEY JONES
100
THIS INVENTOR INVENTED THE INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB
Who is THOMAS A. EDISON
100
FAMOUS CHIEF OF THE SIOUX
WHO IS RED CLOUD
200
THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION OF 1876 WAS HELD IN THIS CITY
What is PHILADELPHIA
200
IN THESE PUBLICATIONS YOU WOULD FIND EXCITING STORIES ABOUT THE MEN OF THE WEST
What are DIME NOVELS
200
THIS MAN BECAME WEALTHY BY INTEGRATING VARIOUS RAILROAD LINES
Who is CORNELIUS VANDERBILT
200
THIS MAN WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF THE MODERN SKYSCRAPER
Who is LOUIS SULLIVAN
200
SIOUX MEDICINE MAN
WHO IS SITTING BULL
300
THIS STATE ENTERED THE UNION IN 1876
What is COLORADO
300
THIS CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR WROTE THE "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE"
WHO IS FRANCIS BELLAMY
300
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE INVENTED THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUMENT FOR TRAINS
What is THE AIR BRAKE
300
THIS INVENTOR AIDED THE WEST BY INVENTING BARBED WIRE
Who is JOSEPH GLIDDEN
300
CHIEF OF THE NEZ PERCES
CHIEF JOSEPH
400
THIS CITY WAS KNOWN AS THE "PITTSBURGH OF THE SOUTH"
What is BIRMINGHAM
400
THIS AUTHOR WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE AND TRIUMPH OF CAPITALISM
Who is ADAM SMITH
400
THIS DECADE SAW THE GREATEST EXPANSION OF THE RAILROADS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
What is THE 1880s
400
THIS INVENTOR INVENTED THE SLEEPING CAR
Who is GEORGE PULLMAN
400
CHIEF WHO LED THE APACHE TRIBE
WHO IS GERONIMO
500
LOCATION OF THE LAST GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN PLAINS INDIANS AND U.S. TROOPS
What is WOUNDED KNEE
500
SHE AUTHORED "A CENTURY OF DISHONOR"
Who is HELEN HUNT JACKSON
500
THIS MAN PROMOTED THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD
Who is JAMES J. HILL
500
THIS INVENTOR PIONEERED THE BUILDING OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES, AND WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Who is JOHN ROEBLING
500
PAIUTE INDIAN WHO DEVISED THE GHOST DANCE
WHO IS WOVOKA