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Gustavus Swift
Whose company developed the refrigerated railroad car?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who created the first patented, commercially useful telephone?
Social Darwinism
The philosophy that the strongest businesses would survive was called … …
China
In 1882, the government voted to halt immigration from which country?
Bosses
What were men who were un-elected leaders in the cities called?
Sears Robuck
What is an example of a “chain store” as given in the notes?
Dewey
Who applied theories of pragmatism to education?
Patronage
What is it called when the winning political party dispenses jobs to those who help them?
Basketball
What sport was invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1891?
William Randolph Hearst
Who was a powerful publisher who popularized “yellow journalism” and controlled nine newspapers and two magazines?
Wright Brothers
Which brothers are known for flying the first successful airplane flight in 1903?
Garfield
Which president was assassinated after only a few months in office?
Coin’s Financial School
William H. Harvey wrote the book … … … which argued persuasively for free silver.
Boxer
The … Rebellion was a fierce Chinese uprising against all foreigners.
Taylor
Who was known as the father of “scientific management?”
Riis
Who wrote How the Other Half Lives?
Catholicism/Romanism
What religion was associated with Rum?
Thomas Edison
Who was a great American inventor who made the incandescent lamp and many other electrical devices?
Louis Sullivan
Who was the great Chicago architect that developed skyscrapers?
Growth of the Cities
What caused the urban population to increase sevenfold?
Great Chicago Fire
What tragedy occurred in 1871 and forced cities to rebuild?
William Tweed
Who was the boss of New York City’s Tammany Hall machine in the 1860s and 1870s?
Stephen Crane
Who wrote “The Red Badge of Courage” and “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”?
Charles and Frank Duryea
Which brothers invented the first American gasoline-driven motor vehicle?
Jackson
To strengthen their party, Democrats often emphasized their ties with which president?
The Grangers
What was the first major organization of farmers called?
Hawaii
In which place did America establish a great sugar cane industry?
Aguinaldo
Who was the leader of the Filipino resistance whose capture brought the Philippine War to an end?
Boxer Rebellion
What was the fierce Chinese uprising against all foreigners in 1900?
Alliances
What group focused on helping farmers become more independent?
Ten Years’ War
What was Cuba’s unsuccessful attempt to throw off Spanish rule?
Sherman Antitrust Act
What was the Congressional effort to outlaw monopolies?
Coxey
Who led an army of several hundred unemployed to march on Washington and make demand to the government?
People’s Party (Populists)
What was one of the most powerful third parties in US history founded by merged Alliances?
James A. Garfield
He was born in a log cabin and rose “from the towpath to the White House.”
Henry George
He blamed poverty on the greed of the wealthy.
Grand Old Party
Another name for the Republican Party.
Oliver H. Kelly
He founded the Grangers.
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Congressional effort to outlaw monopolies.
Suburbs
Communities on the outskirts of great cities.
Nativists
Americans who blamed the disorder and corruption of cities on the immigrants.
Samoa
A set of islands in the South Pacific divided between Germany, American, and Britain.
Panic of 1893
Began with the bankruptcy of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
Upton Sinclair
He wrote The Jungle.
William Tweed
He was the boss of New York City’s Tammany Hall.
Maine
The American battleship that blew up in Havana Harbor in February 1898.
Jose Marti
He was the leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
John D. Rockefeller
He was the founder of the Standard Oil.
Pools
Informal agreements among various companies to stabilize rates and divide markets.
Horatio Alger
His writing seemed to always be a “rags to riches” story.
Mount Holyoke
This was one of the colleges for women.
Crime of ‘73
This is what people called the law Congress passed to discontinue silver coinage.
True
The Currency Act of 1900 was Congress reconfirming its commitment to the gold standard.d
False
The Grand Old Party was never a major political force.
True
In the Spanish American War more Americans died due to disease than due to battle injuries.
True
The U.S. paid Spain $20 million for the Philippines.
True
Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
False
The Ten Years’ War was a successful attempt by Cuba to throw off Spanish rule.
True
Herbert Spencer was the first a most important proponent of Social Darwinism.
False
Henry George blamed poverty on the laziness of the people.
False
The Haymarket Square Incident in 1886 was a peaceful protest.
True
The Bessemer-Kelly Method was a process for making steel by blowing air through molten iron to burn out impurities.
True
A pool was very similar to a cartel.
True
Debs was a communist.
False
The Marquis of Queensbury made boxing much more dangerous.
False
Edward Bok was involved in newspapers.
False
McKinley went from the towpath to the White House.
False
Pago Pago is in the Hawaiian Islands.
Richmond
Where was the first electric trolley?
70
How many colleges were created through the Morrill Land Grant Act?
25 million
How many people immigrated between
Chicago
Where was the Pullman Factory?
True
Socialism is the enemy of capitalism.
True
The Square Deal was Teddy Roosevelt’s slogan for his second term.
False
Herbert Hoover failed as Commerce Secretary and as President.
True
Wilson came up with the Fourteen Points as war aims and plans for the future peace.
False
The Teapot Dome Scandal involved railroad land.
True
Debunkers were writers who ridiculed American society and values.
True
Andrew Mellon was the Treasury Secretary who reduced national debt.
False
The Treaty of Versailles was accepted by the Senate.
False
Theodore Roosevelt was the governor of Virginia before he became President.
False
Secret ballots helped political parties monitor voters.
True
After the Lusitania was attacked, almost every American wanted to go to war with Germany.
False
“He kept us out of war” was Wilson’s campaign slogan for the 1916 election.
True
Harlem Renaissance was a center for Afro-American culture of poetry, novels, and art.
False
McKinley’s idea for foreign policy was “Dollar Diplomacy.”
True
The Election of 1920 was a referendum on the League of Nations.
False
Warren Harding was a strong and effective leader who ran the show with integrity.
True
Progressives believed the nation must continue to grow, advance, and improve.
Teacher
The Scopes Trial in 1925 dealt with which profession?
Television
Which media linked together the entire nation?
Lincoln Steffens
Who was the most influential muckraker who exposed corruption in city politics?
Social Gospel
Which term refers to churches emphasizing physical needs?
Sacco and Vanzetti
Who were the Italian immigrants charged with murder and executed?
Italy
Which country changed sides in WWI?
Meuse-Argonne
Which offensive pushed Germans back to their own border and ended WWI?
Boston
which city had a police strike in 1919?
$56 Billion
How much was Germany required to pay in war damages?