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58 Cards in this Set
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What is Christopher Sholes remembered for producing?
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typewriter
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Where did Sheldon Jackson take the gospel?
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Alaska
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Who was the evangelist that founded a Bible institute for the advanced training of Christian workers?
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Dwight L. Moody
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Who built the largest steel manufacturer in the world?
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Andrew Carnegie
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Who formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio?
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John D. Rockefeller
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What did Johns Hopkins Medical School become known for?
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extensive medical research
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What act offered land and U.S. citizenship to any head of an Indian family who would take up farming?
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Dawes Act
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What act opened the Great Plains for settlement?
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Homestead Act
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What city became known as the first center of skyscraper architecture?
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Chicago
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In what year was the transcontinental railroad completed?
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1869
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Johnstown Flood
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Benjamin Harrison
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front porch campaign
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William McKinley
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Gold Standard Act
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William McKinley
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In what area was gold discovered causing trouble with the Sioux Indians?
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Black Hills
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In what year was Chicago destroyed by a fire?
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1871 |
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What state is known as the Centennial State?
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Colorado
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What was known as the silver-mining capital of the world?
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Virginia City, Nevada
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What political expression did the Populist Party present in their ideas?
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The government could solve practically all problems. |
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Why was Thomas Edison so successful in his inventions?
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He believed in hard work. |
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How did the free enterprise system of the United States affect the Age of Industry?
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Free enterprise encouraged hard work and initiative which increased inventions and industries, making life easier in the United States. |
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How did greenbacks affect farmers?
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The paper money was not backed by gold, increasing the prices for goods. |
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How did the Age of Industry help the United States?
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It produced quality inventions and industries, providing jobs and improving the standard of living. |
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served two terms nonconsecutively
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Grover Cleveland
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dedication of the Statue of Liberty
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Grover Cleveland
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standard time zones
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Chester Arthur
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assassinated after four months in office
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James Garfield
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skyscraper architect
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Louis Sullivan
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invented barbed wire
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Joseph Glidden
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painted pictorial records of American life
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James Merritt Ives
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established the Union Oil Company of California
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Lyman Stewart
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invented the safety elevator
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Elisha Otis
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wrote In His Steps
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Charles M. Sheldon
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began building the Brooklyn Bridge
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John Roebling
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What type of writing told a story using the scenery, customs, and dialect of a particular region of the country?
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local color
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What famous author used the pen name Mark Twain?
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Samuel Clemens
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What term refers to the person who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product?
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entrepreneur
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What composer is remembered as the March King?
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John Philip Sousa
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Who was the world's greatest builder of free public libraries?
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Andrew Carnegie
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The ____ Territory opened for settlement in 1889, was largely Indian territory
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Oaklahoma
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An ____ is the process that voters can sign a petition to begin the passage of law
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initiative
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____ transformed agricultural practices in the South
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George Washington Carver
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____ was killed at Little Bighorn River by Crazy Horse.
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George Armstrong Custer
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____ became known as the Hoosier poet.
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James Whitcomb Riley
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The centerpiece of Populist platform was the free ____ movement.
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silver
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The ____ Antitrust Act set a precedent for government regulation of businesses.
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Sherman
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____ was the first state to grant women the right to vote.
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Wyoming
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Immigrants who came to the United States as a result of the Age of Industry were called _____ immigrants.
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new
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____ gave a speech known as the Atlanta Compromise?
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Booker T. Washington
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What national organization for farm families was founded by Oliver Kelley?
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the Grange
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What act made gold the only standard for monetary value?
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Gold Standard Act
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What is the rapid increase of pricing?
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inflation
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Who is the greatest inventor America has ever produced?
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Thomas Edison
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Who organized the first successful national labor union?
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Samuel Gompers
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Who founded the Hull House to help improve living conditions for women?
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Jane Addams
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Who invented the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Olympia
Coast Ranges Mt. McKinley Bering Sea Columbia River |
1 - Olympia
4 - Coast Ranges 6 - Mt. McKinley 9 - Bering Sea 11 - Columbia River |
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Rio Grande
Baja California Sierra Madre Occidental Bay of Campeche Yucatan Peninsula |
3 - Rio Grande 1 - Baja California 4 - Sierra Madre Occidental 7 - Bay of Campeche 2 - Yucatan Peninsula |
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ESSAY:
Analyze Mark Twain's reference to the Age of Industry. How did Americans view the Age of Industry? |
Mark Twain called the Age of Industry the Gilded Age because there was corruption in politics and business. He felt the success of the age helped hide a huge part of the corruption. Some Americans became obsessed with material gain and others enjoyed the profit of industrialization. The culture during this time was greatly influenced by Christianity. |
