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3. Question 1 - 10 The homesteaders lived in houses made out of what?

4. Answer 1 – 10 Sod

5. Question 1 - 20 What invention did the settlers create to help them gain access to water?

6. Answer 1 – 20 The windmill

7. Question 1 - 30 Why did Lincoln create the Homestead Act?

8. Answer 1 – 30 To convince people to move out west.

9. Question 1 - 40 A settler’s home and land was called it’s what ?

10. Answer 1 – 40 Homestead

11. Question 1 - 50 Name 3 of the 5 hardships that settlers of the Great Plains encountered?

12. Answer 1 – 50 -prairie fires -harsh weather -insects -lack of supplies -lonely life

13. Question 2 - 10 Who invented the telephone?

14. Answer 2 – 10 Alexander Graham Bell

15. Question 2 - 20 Who invented the first automobile?

16. Answer 2 – 20 Henry Ford

17. Question 2 - 30 Who created Vanderbilt University and where is it located? (City and state)

18. Answer 2 – 30 Cornelius Vanderbilt and it is located in Nashville, TN

19. Question 2 - 40 Name the two inventions Thomas Edison created.

20. Answer 2 – 40 The light bulb and the phonograph

21. Question 2 - 50 Name 3 different uses that George Washington Carver found for peanuts.

22. Answer 2 – 50 -peanut butter -shampoo -medicines -plastic -lotion -coal

23. Question 3 - 10 What is it called when unhappy workers get together and refuse to work until their demands are met?

24. Answer 3 – 10 A strike

25. Question 3 - 20 What are organizations that fight for workers’ rights?

26. Answer 3 – 20 Unions

27. Question 3 - 30 Why were children forced to work? And how did child labor end in the US?

28. Answer 3 – 30 To help their families who were struggling for food. The US passed a law about the age that children can work and how long they can work for.

29. Question 3 - 40 AFL stands for what?

30. Answer 3 – 40 American Federation of Labor

31. Question 3 - 50 Who was the first president of the AFL?

32. Answer 3 – 50 Samuel Gompers

33. Question 4 - 10 Name two problems that workers in the 1800’s had.

34. Answer 4 – 10 -low wages -long hours -people who complained could be fired -no health insurance

35. Question 4 - 20 Explain why workers could be replaced so easily during this time.

36. Answer 4 – 20 There were many immigrants moving to the U.S. and many people were desperate for jobs.

37. Question 4 - 30 Explain why this time period was known as the Gilded Age? What does that mean?

38. Answer 4 – 30 If something is gilded it means that it is covered by a thin layer of gold. What lies underneath that gold is different. (Ex: some people were very successful during this era, but most lived poorly)

39. Question 4 - 40 A time when an economy is healthy and growing rapidly.

40. Answer 4 – 40 Economic boom

41. Question 4 - 50 Name 3 things that came to the state of TN during the Gilded Age.

42. Answer 4 – 50 -carpetbaggers -railroads -industries -Coca-Cola bottling company -Factories -Cities

43. Question 5 - 10 This amendment gave women the right to vote.

44. Answer 5 – 10 19 th Amendment

45. Question 5 - 20 The name given to people in the North that moved to the South, for many different reasons, during the Gilded Age.

46. Answer 5 – 20 Carpetbaggers

47. Question 5 - 30 These were the African American soldiers that fought in the Indian Wars.

48. Answer 5 – 30 Buffalo Soldiers

49. Question 5 - 40 The railroad that spanned across the country, connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific.

50. Answer 5 – 40 Transcontinental Railroad

51. Question 5 - 50 Name one of the two immigrant groups that helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.

52. Answer 5 – 50 Chinese Irish