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Vocabulary
This industry was big in Florida before it moved to
Texas.
A 100
What is Cattle Ranching?
A 100
This group of Native Americans who had been
promised payment for living on a reservation were cheated
out of their money, which caused them to rise up against
American traders.
A 200
Who are the Dakota Sioux?
A 200
This Act allotted 160 acres of land for farming to each head
of a Native American household in an effort to
assimilate them into American culture.
A 300
What is the Dawes Act?
A 300
Many people called the Great Plains this, before they knew
the land was fertile.
A 400
What is the Great American Desert?
A 400
This discovery (specific name) caused the mining
industry to explode in Nevada.
A 500
What is the Comstock Lode?
A 500
This railroad was constructed to link the unconnected
railroads across the entire country.
B 100
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
B 100
In this system, the federal government gave property to
railroad companies who would sell the land to settlers,
real estate companies, and other businesses to raise the money they needed to build
the railroad.
B 200
What is the land grant system.
B 200
In this scandal, the Vice President of the United States received shares of stock in a
company as a bribe.
B 300
What is the Crédit Mobilier Scandal?
B 300
These people made their fortunes by swindling
investors and taxpayers, bribing government officials,
and cheating on their contracts and debts.
B 400
Who were Robber Barons?
B 400
These two companies were hired to build the
Transcontinental Railroad.
B 500
What were the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific?
B 500
One of the reasons that immigrants came to the
United States.
C 100
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C 100
This is the island where most immigrants passed through in
order to be processed and allowed to stay in the United
States.
C 200
What is Ellis Island?
C 200
Congress passed this Act to bar Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevent Chinese people already in the US from
becoming citizens.
C 300
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
C 300
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C 400
DAILY DOUBLE
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This is an extreme dislike for immigrants and desire to limit
immigration.
C 400
What is nativism?
C 400
Jews from one of these two countries moved to America
to avoid religious persecution.
C 500
What is Poland or Russia?
C 500
The American people were afraid of these because they
worried that they would cause prices to be uncontrollable.
D 100
What are monopolies?
D 100
This man, who wintered in Florida, is famous for
improving the light bulb and the electric generator.
D 200
Who was Thomas Edison?
D 200
Originally, these groups were not well accepted by business
owners because of their demands and their ways of
operating.
D 300
What are unions?
D 300
This type of integration happens when a company
buys other companies like it to form one large company.
D 400
What is horizontal integration?
D 400
This man is famous for his “rags-to-riches” story and his success in the steel industry.
D 500
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
D 500
The Gilded Age was given its name by this author.
E 100
Who was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)?
E 100
This theory stated that society has evolved to the point that
the people with the most earning power and
determination will be successful in life.
E 200
What is Social Darwinism?
E 200
In this book, Andrew Carnegie argues that people who have become wealthy
should give back to society.
E 300
What is the Gospel of Wealth?
E 300
This is one of the first amusement parks developed to entertain families for little
money.
E 400
What is Coney Island?
E 400
One of the sports that became popular during the Gilded
Age.
E 500
What is football, baseball, tennis, boxing, croquet or
golf?
E 500
This is the system that separated the races.
F 100
What is segregation?
F 100
This is a person who starts his own company with his own
money.
F 200
What is an entrepreneur?
F 200
This is an informal political group designed to gain and
keep power.
F 300
What is a political machine?
F 300
This is a company that controls the entire market for
a product.
F 400
What is a monopoly?
F 400
This is an idea that literally means “let it be” regarding government involvement in
the economy.
F 500
What is laissez-faire?
F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is:
Railroads
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These were created as a direct result of issues with train
scheduling and safety.
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What are Time Zones?
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