$1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Welcome to Who Wants to be a Millionaire 50:50

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved B.TRACTORS AND STEEL PLOW A: Answer 1 C. TELEPHONE & SKYSCRAPERS D. AUTOMOBILE & COTTON GIN 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 WHAT INVENTIONS MOST DRASTICALLY IMPACTED THE WESTERN FRONTIER? $100 question A.BARBED WIRE AND RAILROADS

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved PACIFIC NORTHWESTA Pacific Northwest. A: C: THE GREAT LAKES REGION B: MS DELTA D: GREAT PLAINS 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $200 Question During the late 1800s, the development of new industrial products such as the steel plow and barbed wire MOST directly contributed to the migration of people to the —

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: MORE ACRES FARMED WITH LESS WORKERS C: MORE RURAL JOBS, MECHANICS B: COST LESS TO FARM D: FEWER WORKERS ON FARMS & MIGRATION TO CITY 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $300 Question In what way did farm mechanization affect population migration in the 20 th century?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: THOUSANDS OF TREES CLEARED C: FARMERS USED SLAVE LABOR B: PLANTATION SYSTEM DEVELOPED D: NEW TECHNOLOGY HELPED FARMERS ADAPT TO REGION. 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $500 Question Which of the following is TRUE About farming on the Great Plains during the late 1880s?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: IMPORTANCE OF LARGE COMMERCIAL FARMS C: PRESERVATION OF SMALL FAMILY FARMS B: INCREASE IN # OF FARM WORKERS D: RISING COST OF FOOD 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $1,000 Question The application of modern technology to farming has contributed to the —

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Congratulations! You’ve Reached the $1,000 Milestone! Congratulations! C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: SELLING RESERVATION LAND TO INDIANS AND WHITES C. FORCING INDIANS TO FARM B. DIVIDING TRIBAL LANDS AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS D: FORCING INDIANS TO ABANDON THEIR CULTURE 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $2,000 Question During the late 19th century, the federal government made a massive effort to assimilate Native Americans. The government attempted to do so in all of the following ways EXCEPT —

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: OIL WAS DISCOVERED ON GREAT PLAINS C: STAGECOACH LINES TRAVELED SW B: INCREASE OF FARMERS ON PLAINS D: INDIANS STARTED RANCHES 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $4,000 Question In 1884, there were more than 4.5 million head of cattle roaming free in the Great Plains area of the USA. In many areas, the plains were clearly becoming overstocked and good grazing land was hard to find. In addition to the problems stated above, which event contributed further to the closure of the open range?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved inexpensive urban housing through NEW construction techniques A: C: WAVE OF IMMIGRANTS B: SPREAD OF FACTORIES D: TRANSPORTATION CONNECTS CITIES 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $8,000 Question Which factor contributed MOST to the rise of cities in the East between 1880 and 1900?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: EQUALITY OF WOMEN C: POLITICAL CORRUPTION B: UNSAFE WORKING AREAS D: OVERCROWDED CITIES 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $16,000 Question During the late 1800s, rapid industrialization in the United States contributed to all of the following EXCEPT —

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: BUSINESS WORKED WITHOUT GOVERNMENT C: WORKERS GRANTED FAIR WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS B: SMALL BUSINESSES PROTECTED FROM LARGE COMPANIES & COMPETITION D: GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY WORKED TOGETHER 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $32,000 Question The laissez faire economic philosophy promoted by the United States during the late 19th century resulted in —

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Congratulations! You’ve Reached the $32,000 Milestone! Congratulations! C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: GOSPEL OF WEALTH C: SOCIALISM B: BIMETALISM D: SHARE OUR WEALTH 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $64,000 Question “Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produces it.” Industrialist Andrew Carnegie used which one of the following terms to describe the economic philosophy in the quotation above?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: NO FARM LAND LEFT C: IMMIGRANTS WERE WEALTHIER B: THEY WORKED FOR LESS D: FACTORIES WOULD NOT HIRE FOREIGN WORKERS 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $125,000 Question Many people in the United States resented the “new wave” of immigration that began in the 1890s and early 1900s because —

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: AMERICAN ISOLATIONISM C: INCREASED POWER OF LABOR UNIONS B: TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION ADVANCES D: INCREASED POWER OF FEDERAL GOVT 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $250,000 Question The industrialization of the United States during the late nineteenth century was a result of —

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Captains of Industry C: Populist B: Tweed Ring D: Knights of Labor 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $500,000 Question This group demanded the passage of the 17 th Amendment, bimetallism, graduated income tax, and railroad regulation by the Government.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: American Federation of Labor C: Knights of Labor B: Tweed Ring D: Industrial Workers of World 50: $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $1,000,000 Question Which labor organization of the late 1800s was characterized by the following? Welcomed female and African American workers as members Supported the 8-hour workday Worked to abolish child labor

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved YOU WIN $1 MILLION DOLLARS!