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Twine Binder

Bound grain in bundles and deposited it in stacks; sold by McCormick Company.

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Steam Tractors, Gasoline Tractors, Diesel Tractors

Improved farming efficiency.

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Crop Rotation

Planting different crops yearly to maintain soil health.

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Contour Plowing

Plowing along the curves of a hill to prevent erosion.

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Luther Burbank

Developed the Burbank potato.

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Mark Carleton

Introduced wheat importation to the U.S.

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Department of Agriculture

U.S. government agency overseeing agriculture.

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Hatch Act

Provided funds for agricultural colleges.

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Smith-Lever Act

Established the cooperative extension service.

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Future Farmers of America (FFA)

Trained boys in agriculture.

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Future Homemakers of America (FHA)

Female counterpart to FFA.

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Alexander Graham Bell

Invented the telephone in 1876.

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Bell Telephone Company

First telephone company.

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Thomas Edison

Invented the incandescent light bulb.

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Nikola Tesla

Developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil.

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Bessemer Process

Henry Bessemer's steel production method.

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Open Hearth Method

A slower but more precise steel production technique.

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Andrew Carnegie

Steel industry leader; founded U.S. Steel Corporation.

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J.P. Morgan

Bought U.S. Steel Corporation.

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Edwin Drake

Drilled the first U.S. oil well.

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John D. Rockefeller

Founded Standard Oil Company.

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Capitalism

Economic system where individuals control production.

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Corporation

Business owned by stockholders with limited liability.

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Stock

Ownership shares in a corporation.

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Stockholder

An investor who owns shares in a corporation.

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Monopoly

A company dominating an industry.

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Adam Smith

Wrote Wealth of Nations, advocating for capitalism.

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Cooperatives

Businesses that share profits among members.

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Inflation

Decline in the value of money.

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Greenbacks

Paper money not backed by gold or silver.

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Greenback Labor Party

Supported increasing paper money circulation.

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Free Silver Movement

Advocated for the unlimited coinage of silver.

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Bland-Allison Act

Required the U.S. government to buy and coin silver.

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Interstate Commerce Act

Regulated railroad pricing and rebates.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

Enforced the Interstate Commerce Act.

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Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

Outlawed monopolies restricting trade.

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McKinley Tariff

Protective tariff for American industries.

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Chinese Immigration Act

Barred Chinese laborers from immigrating for 10 years.

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Pacific Garden Mission

Chicago-based outreach for homeless individuals.

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Haymarket Square Riot

Violent labor protest against monopolies.

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Farmers' Alliance

Evolved into the Populist Party.

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Populist Party

Advocated for free silver, income tax, and government control of industries.

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Coxey's Army

Unemployed men marching to Washington for economic reform.

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Pullman Strike

Major railroad strike; led to government intervention.

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Eugene V. Debs

Union leader jailed for refusing to end the Pullman Strike.

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Omnibus, Elevated Railroad, Cable Car, Subway, Electric Trolley Car

Urban transportation innovations.

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Brooklyn Bridge

Built by John Roebling, completed by Washington Roebling and Emily Warren.

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Great Chicago Fire

Devastated one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities.

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Hull House

Founded by Jane Addams to help immigrants.

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Wyoming

First state to grant women voting rights.

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Elizabeth Blackwell

First woman to receive a U.S. medical degree.

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Christopher Latham Sholes

Perfected the typewriter.

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General Stores

Rural centers for goods and socialization.

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Churches

Key institutions in rural communities.

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Baseball

Known as the national pastime.

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Basketball

Invented by James Naismith.

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Football

A favorite college sport.

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Boxing

Refined by James 'Gentleman Jim' Corbett.

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P.T. Barnum

Created 'The Greatest Show on Earth' traveling circus.

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Bicycling

A major exercise craze in the 1890s.

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Montgomery Ward, Sears & Roebuck

Pioneered mail-order catalogs.

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Morrill Act

Provided land for public colleges.

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Chautauqua Movement

Promoted adult education.

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Francis Bellamy

Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Temperance Movement

Fought against alcohol consumption.

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National Prohibition Party

Advocated for banning alcohol.

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WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)

Led by Frances Willard.

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Joseph Pulitzer

Newspaper publisher; namesake of the Pulitzer Prize.

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William Randolph Hearst

Leading newspaper publisher.

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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Wrote Huckleberry Finn.

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Lewis Wallace

Wrote Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

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Jack London

Prominent naturalist writer.

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Sidney Lanier

Famous Southern poet.

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Emily Dickinson

Wrote 2,000 poems, published posthumously.

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Thomas Nast

"Father of the American Cartoon."

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Stick Style, Shingle Style

Popular American architectural styles.

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Louis Sullivan

"Father of the Modern Skyscraper"; created "form follows function" principle.

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City Beautiful Movement

Encouraged urban beautification.

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Frederic Remington

Famous Western artist.

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Currier & Ives

Created prints of American life.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Won the 1868 election; backed the gold standard.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

Won the disputed 1876 election; promoted civil service reform.

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James A. Garfield

Assassinated; sought to limit political corruption.

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Chester A. Arthur

Passed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.

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Grover Cleveland

First Democratic president post-Civil War; served two nonconsecutive terms.

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Benjamin Harrison

Passed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

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William McKinley

Won against William Jennings Bryan; established the Gold Standard Act; assassinated.