This was the belief of many Americans in the 1800s that stated the US was meant to stretch from coast to coast
What is Manifest Destiny
100
To encourage people to move to the Great Plains, Congress passed this Act. It said if they worked the land for five years they'd get the land for free.
What is the Homestead Act?
100
This was a time during which advances in technology helped bring about a surge in business and manufacturing activity in certain parts of the world.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
These types of people were called this because they made their money in ways that were unfair to other people.
Who were robber barons?
100
This is when laws and protections were put into place for the first time for the government to regulate the safety of food, drugs, and other industries.
What is the Progressive Era?
200
This was bought by US President Jefferson from this country for $15 million
What is Louisiana Purchase and France
200
There people were affected by westward expansion because settlers took their land and forced them to move onto reservations.
Who is Native Americans?
200
This man produced over 1,000 invention, including motion pictures, the phonograph, and the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
Groups of workers who joined together to fight for better wages and working conditions were called this.
What is a labor union?
200
This was passed in 1906 to improve health and food safety for the American people.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act
300
This is a formal agreement between two nations
What is a treaty?
300
These were some obstacles the settlers on the Great Plains faced.
What is lack of rain, grasshoppers, or fires?
300
This man, a teacher of the deaf, created the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
300
Sometimes labor unions held these, which is when all the workers in a business refuse to work until the owners meet their demands.
What is a strike?
300
This was a community center that provided child care, education, and other services to the poor.
What is a settlement house?
400
This native American helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition
Who is Sacagawea?
400
Because of a lack of trees, settlers made houses out of this.
What is sod?
400
This man invented the oil cup that allowed locomotives and other machines to oil their parts while they were running.
Who is Thomas McCoy?
400
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded by this man
Who is Samuel Gompers?
400
This was the first settlement house.
What is Hull House?
500
Many settlers traveled on this trail to go out West.
What is the Oregon Trail?
500
Gold was discovered here in 1848.
What is California?
500
This man became a wealthy big businessman because he was a fancier who owned railroads?
Who is J.P. Morgan?
500
This Act made monopolies illegal, but was hard to enforce.