Joseph Glidden invented this, which helped close the frontier and settle the Great Plains.

Andrew Carnegie's belief in giving money to libraries, museums and schools to help benefit people who wanted to move up in the social ladder through hard work.

In 1890, during the Gilded Age, who wrote about and photographed the horrible living conditions of America's working poor in the book, How the Other Half Lives?

What was the major difference between the first two major Labor Unions, the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

Which of these best describes life in a tenement?

This is the term for the process of adjusting to the culture and government of the United States.

Congressional action taken in 1887 to stop the unfair practices of railroad companies in which large Corporations were given low shipping prices to ship through the railroad while small farmers who had no other shipping options were charged high prices.

Who was the most influential African American during this time, encouraging African Americans to GRADUALLY move up in society?

The term Suffrage means:

The painting "American Progress" by John Gast is an example of

Who of the following represented the American notion that through hard work, even a poor immigrant could become tremendously successful?

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

How did the passage of the Dawes Act impact Native Americans?

Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers during the late 1800s?

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the steel industry

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the railroad industry

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the finance industry

Millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the oil industry

What is the name of the place that was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station? It's located in New York.

Technology that made it possible for steel to be produced in an efficient and inexpensive manner?

Eager settlers who claimed the best land in Oklahoma in 1889 after government owned land was opened to be settled by the public.

The US had a "God given right" to take all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. This was called......

What was the name of the college that Booker T. Washington started?

When companies that produce a similar product are merged together to form one huge company.

Which Supreme Court decision upheld Jim Crow laws?

What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?

What government territory was opened up to settlement in 1889, causing a "land rush" of 50,000 people?

Due to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire...

A system in which businesses operate under minimal government regulation

In 1890 the _______________ _____________ _____ was passed by the U.S. government to prevent monopolies from unfair business practices

A tenement is

A business leader who uses dishonest method to get rich?

Henry Ford became famous with his_____________?

Job opportunities in cities.

Religious persecution in Europe (Judaism and Catholicism)

Reuniting with family in cities.

Political persecution by a Dictator who punishes you for being in the wrong political party.

Overcrowding/Economic Depression/Potato famine

"The American Dream," The opportunity for a fresh start and to make a name for yourself.

What effect did the mechanization of the American farm in the latter part of the nineteenth century have on the nation?

Which of the following industries demonstrates the US government's role in targeting and killing Native Americans?

Which act promised citizens who were 21 years of age or heads of households, up to 160 acres if they moved West and cultivated the land for a minimum of 5 years?

The U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Plessy vs Ferguson, established...

Exodusters who chose to move west in hopes of escaping discrimination and owning land were:

Congressional Act enabling President Andrew Jackson to give land east of the Mississippi (Oklahoma) to Native Americans who voluntarily left tribal lands in the Southeast. In addition, Native Americans were promised they'd be able to live on their new land under the protection of the American Government forever.

What was the name for the governmental forced relocation of the Cherokee Tribe from Georgia to Oklahoma?

City where both lines of the Transcontinental Railroad met to complete construction

The Transcontinental Railroad reduced the time it took to travel across the United States from 6 months to _______

Apache leader who refused to go to live on a reservation, attacked settlers in Arizona and New Mexico and successfully evaded capture for 10 years

Small farms where crops are used to maintain the farmer's family with little surplus to be used for sale or trade.

Government welfare program that helped African American citizens with the transition from slavery to freedom after the abolishment of slavery. Provided education, job training, government jobs, etc.

What did the final destination of all the cattle trails have in common?

Why did the Great Sioux War begin in 1876?

Who were the two Sioux leaders at the Little Bighorn?

The significance of the Haymarket Square incident in 1886 was that

Typically fought over water rights or grazing rights to unfenced/unowned land, it could pit competing farmers or ranchers against each other.

In Colorado territory in 1864, U.S army colonel John M. Chivington led a surprise attack on a peaceful Cheyenne settlement along Sand Creek River. The Cheyenne under Chief Black kettle tried to surrender. First he waved the America Flag and the White flag of surrender. Chivington ignored the gestures. The U.S army killed about 200 Cheyenne during the conflict.