abeka history 11 section 19.1 & dtr

1871

the great chicago fire

1865-1901

the gilded age

the gilded age

mark twain’s name for the age of industry

china

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during the “gilded age” most immigrants came from _______

chinese exclusion act

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congress created the _______ _______ ____ (1882) to bar chinese laborers from entering the US for 10 years

william speer

began a mission for the chinese in san francisco

france

who gifted the US the statue of liberty?

1. 70%

2. eastern europe

fill in the blanks

by the 1900s, over ____% of all immigrants came from _______ _______

elevated railways

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the omnibus (horse-drawn coach) was replaced by ________ _______

cable car

fill in the blank

the ______ ____ was introduced in san francisco

subway

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boston introduced the first _______ to america

electric trolley car

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the ________ ______ _____ was the most practical and widely used means of transportation in the 19th century

brooklyn bridge

the largest suspension bridge in the world when it was completed

john a. roebling

chief engineer of the brooklyn bridge

washington a. roebling

john a. roebling’s son who completed the project after his death

• sanitary

• safe

fill in the blank

the rapid growth of cities was not always ________ and _____

great chicago fire

destroyed chicago because wood was the chief building material

settlement houses

shelters for homeless and poor people

hull house

first settlement house created in chicago by jane addams

jane addams

fill in the blank

the hull house was the first settlement house created in chicago by _______ ________

wyoming

the first state to give suffrage to women (1890)

• susan b. anthony

• elizabeth stanton

led the suffrage movement

elizabeth blackwell

first woman to receive a medical degree in the US

christopher sholes

perfected the typewriter

middle class

fill in the blank

the age of industry brought about the american _______ _____

A&P

forerunner of chain stores in america

john wanamaker

created the precursor of the modern department store

marshall field

known for his large department store in chicago

cincinnati red stockings

fill in the blank

america’s first professional baseball team was the _______ ___ ________

basketball

invented by james naismith, a YMCA instructor in MS

james naismith

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basketball was invented by ______ ________, a YMCA instructor in MS

football

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_______ became a favorite spectator sport in the 1870s

james “gentleman jim” corbett

brought about a “gentler” form of boxing

p. t. barnum

organized a traveling tent circus

bicycling

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___________ became a popular pastime in the early 1890s

montgomery ward

first mail order catalogs and business

sears and roebuck

company and catalog began by richard sears; one of the most-read publications in america after the Bible

local church

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the most important institution of rural communities was the _____ ______