JEOPARDY UNIT IX Mr. H. Mayo Mrs. B. Merritt Mr. T. Bentley US History Mount Airy High School
Jeopardy for Goals 4-6 Immigrants Indians West People PoliticsPeople II Odds and Ends Final Jeopardy
What two groups made up the largest number of immigrants on the west coast in the late 1800’s? 100
Chinese and Japanese Immigrants
Where did Europeans enter the US at? 200
Ellis Island Immigrants
Why did immigration increase during the late 1800 ” s 300
ESCAPE FROM RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN AMERICA Immigrants
How did congress react to the growing anti-Asian sentiment on the west cost? 400
Chinese Exclusion Act immigrants
What term describes the policies that discriminated against immigrants? What term describes the policies that discriminated against immigrants? 500
Nativism Bonus
What did Chinese workers help to complete that will greatly influence the West Cost? What did Chinese workers help to complete that will greatly influence the West Cost?
Transcontinental Railroad Immigrants
What area was affected by the discovery of gold on the Sioux Reservation? 100
Black Hills Native Americans
Where did U.S. soldier kill 200 innocent Sioux in 1890? 200
Wounded Knee,SD Native Americans
What was the goal of the Dawes Act passed in 1887? 300
End tribal way of life for Indians Bonus
What was the subject of Helen Hunt Jackson ’ s A Century of Dishonor? What was the subject of Helen Hunt Jackson ’ s A Century of Dishonor? Bonus
TREATIES WITH INDIANS THAT WERE BROKEN BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT Native Americans
What resulted from the destruction of the buffalo herds on the Great Plains? What resulted from the destruction of the buffalo herds on the Great Plains? 400
Indians lost their most valuable resource Native Americans
500 Sand Creek, Colorado was the sight of what event? Sand Creek, Colorado was the sight of what event? answer
Chivington Massacre Native Americans
What tycoon made his fortune in Oil ? 100
John D. Rockefeller People II m
What did Thomas Edison Invent ? 200
Microphone, light bulb, and motion picture Camera People II ism
What contribution was made by Alexander Graham Bell? 300
Telephone Imperialism
What contribution was made to the textile industry by Elias Howe? 400
Sewing Machine People II m
What reform did President Hayes start that hired qualified people for government jobs? 500
Civil Service People II m BONUS
What nickname was given to businessmen like John D. Rockefeller? 100
Robber Barons Odds and Ends
What industry had the largest impact on development of the West? 200
Railroad Odds and Ends
Where was Hull House and who was its founder? 300
Chicago /Jane Addams Odds and Ends
Who was the Indian Chief who is remember for the the saying I will “fight no more” ? 400
Chief Joseph Odds and Ends
Where did Asian enter the United States? 500
Angel Island Odds and Ends BONUS
Bonus: The __________________ _____ was a major cattle route from San Antonio Texas through Oklahoma to Kansas. ?
Chisholm Trail Odds and Ends
What was different about the Knights of Labor from other early labor organizations? 100
Membership was open to all workers Labor
What type of early labor organization was made up of skilled workers only? 200
Craft Unions Labor
What violent event was blamed on radical labor organizations in 1886? 300
Haymarket affair Labor
In general, who was blamed for labor disputes during the late 1800 ’ s? 400
Workers Labor BONUS
Bonus: Name three people who helped organize some of the first labor unions in the United States
Uriah Stephens, Terrence Powderly, Eugene V. Debs, Samuel Gompers, “ Mother ” Jones, Pauline Newman Labor
What phrase describes the group negotiations that unions wanted to conduct with employers? 500
Collective Bargaining Labor
Why was President Garfield assassinated? 100
He rejected the assassin for a government job Politics
Whom did both the Democrats and Populists nominate to run for president in 1896? 200
William Jennings Bryan Politics
What political party supported laissez-faire policies of the late 1800 ’ s? 300
Republicans Politics
What type of political organizations took control of large cities in the late 1800s? 400
Political Machines Politics
Who said “ You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross a gold”? 500
William Jennings Bryan Politics BONUS
Bonus: A __________________ ______ was a settler who farmed land given by the federal government. ?
Homestead Politics
What type of industry was the source of Andrew Carnegie’s wealth? 100
Steel People
What was the subject that Jacob Riis wrote about? 200
How the other half lives People
What phrase was used by Mark Twain to describe corruption in American society? ? 300
Gilded Age People BONUS
Bonus: The group of African American Soldiers who fought the Native Americans from 1865 through 1890 was :
“ Buffalo Soldiers” People
What banker bought out Carnegie Steel and formed U.S. Steel in 1901? 400
J.P. Morgan People
What Democrat served two nonconsecutive terms as President? 500
Grover Cleveland People
The _______________ gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges The _______________ gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges 100
Morrill Act west
What farm organization evolved into the populist party? 200
Grange West
What law passed in 1862 encouraged western settlement by giving 160 acres of land to new settlers? What law passed in 1862 encouraged western settlement by giving 160 acres of land to new settlers? 300
Homestead Act west
Why were cattle trails in Texas dependent on railroads in Kansas? 400
TO SHIP CATTLE TO EASTERN MARKETS West
What inventions enabled settlers to succeed on the Great Plains? What inventions enabled settlers to succeed on the Great Plains? 500
STEEL PLOW, BARBED WIRE, WINDMILLS West
FINAL JEOPARDY Farmers answer
FINAL JEOPARDY: What problems did western farmers face in the late 1800’s? Name three answer
SEVERE WEATHER, LONELINESS, CREDIT, FIRES, GRASSHOPPERS, RAILROADS The End
Bonus What business abused its power and forced farmers to become active politically? Answer
Answer Railroad People II m