1. Powerpoint Jeopardy 10 20 30 40 50 Business Native Americans
Labor Unions/Strikes
Immigration
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2. What was the largest percentage of U. S
What was the largest percentage of U.S. steel used for during the late 19th Century?
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3. Which of the following did Thomas Edison not invent:
Light bulb
Research laboratory
Carbon telephone transmitter
Power Plant
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4. Why was Pullman, Illinois created?
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5. What process is done when a company buys out all of his suppliers in order to control competing producers?
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6. What process is done when companies producing similar products merge?
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7. Who led his men in battle vs
Who led his men in battle vs. Sitting Bull at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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8. Which battle ended the Sioux Wars?
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9. Who was victorious at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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10. How was Sitting Bull killed?
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11. What were the two main things that the Dawes Act did?
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12. Samuel Gompers was the leader of which union?
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13. Why did Pullman’s workers strike in 1894?
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14. Which labor union was open to all races, genders and varying degrees of skills. They also advocated equal pay for equal work by men and women and saw strikes a last resort and instead advocated arbitration.
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15. What contracts prohibited new employees from joining unions?
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16. Which piece of legislation did large corporations use to break up strikes or protests by union members?
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17. What location did 70% of immigrants travel through?
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18. Which immigrant group was largely responsible for laying the first railroads in the U.S.?
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19. Before 1890 most immigrants came from which part of Europe?
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20. After 1890 most immigrants came from which part of Europe?
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21. In 1882, Congress banned immigration from which country?
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22. What is the term used to describe the mixing of different cultures and races together and getting rid of their native languages and customs?
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23. What did the Homestead Act of 1862 do?
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24. Name 2 facts about the Plains Indians?
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25. The greater demand for beef lead to the creation of?
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26. What lead to the creation of standard time and time zones?
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