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Who was the Union commander in 1864?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the Virginian commander?
Robert E. Lee
What is another name for a government land grant?
subsidy
What were the two railroads that competed to build the transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
What is another name for Plains farmers?
sodbusters
What was created by railroad companies?
time zones
What state joined the Union in 1876?
Colorado
Who developed refrigerators?
Gustavus Smith
Who laid the telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean?
Cyrus Field
Who was one of the most effective muckrakers?
Lincoln Steffens
What was the 17th amendment?
It gave people the right to directly elect senators.
What was the Federal Reserve Act?
It was passed to regulate banking, and created 12 regional banks supervised by a central board in DC. Gave govt. more control over banking
What settlement between the US and Japan limited immigration?
Gentlemen's Agreement
With whom did Senator Douglas debate slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Where were the first shots of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Which inventor had 35 patents?
Granville Woods
Who was the owner of Standard Oil?
John Rockefeller
What was a factory that made clothing?
sweatshop
This person supported immigration
Grace Abbott
Which organization aided the poor?
Salvation Army
What act gave federal land for education?
Morrill Act
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
What was the 15th Amendment?
It gave all male citizens the right to vote.
What was described by the phrase "seperate but equal?"
the rights of blacks and whites
The Central Pacific Railroad relied on what workers?
Chinese workers
What two Native American tribes lived as farmers and hunters?
The Omaha and Osage
What Civil War veteran was defeated by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull?
General George Custer
Who was the last Native American to formally surrender to the US?
Giranomo
Using machine guns, US soldiers killed Lakota Sioux at which battle?
Wounded Knee
What organization formed the People's Party?
The Farmer's Alliance
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who took Edison's ideas of electricity further?
George Westinghouse
Who invented the assembly line?
Henry Ford
What started a multi-million dollar petroleum industry?
Edwin Drake's Well
Who built over 2000 libraries?
Andrew Carnegie
Child labor laws didn't apply to which industry?
agriculture
Anti-labor feeling grew stronger after what?
Haymarket Riot
How long did it take to cross the Pacific to the US by boat?
60 days
What was the first law to limit immigration?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Who wrote about gangs in NYC?
Jacob Riis
What year was the Brooklyn Bridge completed?
1883
Who wrote about the joys and sorrows of upperclass Easterners?
Edith Wharton
What did Winslow Homer paint?
stormy sea scenes
What was the beginning of the film industry?
nickolodeons
What was the 16th amendment?
Gave Congress the power to tax people's incomes
What was the 18th Amendment?
prohibited the sale of liquor
What was the 19th Amendment?
allowed the women the right to vote, passed in 1920`