Question 1 What railroad pushed west from Omaha, Nebraska? Union Pacific

Question 2 Investors with what company charged Union Pacific inflated bills from a construction company that they controlled? Credit Mobilier

Question 3 What type of company had small operating costs compared to their fixed costs and kept running during poor economic times? Big corporations

Question 4 Why was the country divided into standardized time zones? To make rail service more reliable

Question 5 The two railroads that built the transcontinental railroad were Union Pacific & Central Pacific

Question 6 What is a Monopoly? a single company achieves control of an entire market

Question 7 What brought together a huge array of different products? Department stores

Question 8 What is a lockout? technique used for breaking a union in which the company refused to allow workers onto their property

Question 9 What was used to relieve congestion on city streets? Subway systems

Question 10 By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the U.S. were what? Eastern & southern Europeans

Question 11 What court case established the Interstate Commerce Commission? Wabash v. Illinois

Question 12 How many stories was the world’s first skyscraper? 10

Question 13 Who wants to limit or cut immigration? Navivist

Question 15 In the 1876 and 1888, the presidential candidates with the most popular votes lost the election where? Electoral College

Question 16 What case established the“Separate but equal” doctrine? Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 17 What two writers Sounded an alarm that all was not well in society? Mark Twain & Charles Warner

Question 18 What could corporation achieve when they built larger manufacturing facilities? economies of scale

Question 19 What catch phrase is associated with Social Darwinism? “Survival of the fittest”

Question 20 Who would Work for low wages and upset unions because of it? immigrants

Question 21 What is the Gospel of Wealth? philosophy that called for Americans with a great deal of money should use it for social progress

Question 22 Who was the party boss of the political machine Tammany Hall? William M. Tweed

Question 23 What was the horsecar used for in cities in the late 1800s? Mass transit

Question 24 What group fought Chinese immigration? Workingman’s Party of CA

Question 25 New technology helped farmers produce more crops, which tended to do what with the price of crops? Lower them

Question 26 By appealing to poor whites, what political group did the Populist challenge in the South? Democrats

Question 27 What limited the rates that railroads could charge in several western states? Granger Laws

Question 28 The Supreme Court set the stage for legalized segregation by overturning what? Civil Rights Act of 1875

Question 29 What act was passed that required competitive written examinations for govt. jobs? Pendleton Act

Question 30 What was passed that led to the spread of colleges? Morrill Land Grant

Question 31 What was the Great Railroad Strike? first nationwide labor protest

Question 32 What did political machines want from new voters? Votes

Question 33 What belief is person can rise as far as their talents will take them? Individualism

Question 34 What are tariffs used for? Help American industries compete with Europe

Question 35 The confrontation at Wounded Knee began because the government wanted the Lakota to stop what? Performing the Ghost Dance

Question 36 The first salaried baseball team played in what city? Cincinnati

Question 37 Supporters of the subtreasury plan believed that it would do what? Force crop prices upward

Question 38 What is Naturalism? philosophy stated that people failed in life because of circumstances beyond their control

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