Lord - Upper Cape Tech School WWE &The Plains Industry States& Regions “Jim Crow”Terms 1 st Semester
These type of homes were built in the Great Plains.
What are sod houses?
Many people moved out west in search of this with hopes to become wealthy.
What is gold and silver?
This tool enabled farmers to protect their livestock and crops from predators.
What is barbed wire?
Physical features of the Great Plains included all of the following EXCEPT: A.Flat lands that rise gradually from East to West B.Frequent rain storms C.Land eroded by wind and rain D.Low rainfall & frequent dust storms
What is : B. Frequent rain storms?
Because of _______, people saw the Great Plains not as a “treeless wasteland”, but as a vast area to be settled.
What is: New Technologies?
This man invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
We give credit to Thomas Edison for the improvement of this:
What is the electric lightbulb?
All of the following are reasons for the Rise of Big Business except: a. Advertising b. Captains of Industry c. Lower Cost Production d. Local Markets Created by the Automobile
What is: D. Local Markets Created by the Automobile
Who was the founder of the settlement house called Hull House?
Who is: Jane Addams?
Name the 4 Captains of Industry and the industries they dominated.
Who are: John D. Rockefeller: Oil Andrew Carnegie: Steel Henry Ford: Automobiles Cornelius Vanderbilt: Shipping & Railroads
The Textile Industry is found here.
What is: New England?
The Automobile Industry is found here.
What is: Detroit?
The steel industry is found in the same city as the ________ “Steelers” football team.
What is: Pittsburg?
Detroit, St. Louis, & Chicago are found in this region.
What is: The Midwest?
These are the 2 noncontiguous states.
What is: Hawaii & Alaska?
These laws made discrimination practices legal.
What are: “Jim Crow” Laws?
Racial segregation was based on this and directed against these people.
What is: Race & African Americans?
“Jim Crow” laws were passed after this war.
What is: The Civil War!
“Jim Crow” laws could be found in this region of the U.S.
What is: Post-Reconstruction South? (AKA the Southeast Region)
This man believed in vocational schools for free slaves.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This man believed that preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This man had a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
These were apartment buildings in the ghetto (slums) in which immigrants lived.
What are: Tenements
These people were resented by Southerners because they took advantage of the South during Reconstruction.
Who are Carpetbaggers?
Using machines to reduce farm labor needs and to increase production is called this.
What is: Mechanization?
Wild Card!