2. J E OPA R D Y Reconstruction and the Rise of Big Business

3. Directions: Play in teams of two. Team 1 picks a category and an amount. They continue to play until they get a wrong answer. Then team 2 plays. Keep track of used blocks because they can only be chosen once. Play until a predetermined time has elapsed, or until all blocks are chosen. The team with the most money wins. Answer each statement with a question. Be sure to wait until the hand appears before clicking any item. Click the money amounts on slide 3 in the middle to ensure that it changes color after selection.

4. Recon- struction Railroads Native Americans Big Business 100 300 100 200 100 300 200 300 400 500 400 500 400 100 300 200 500 400 200

5. These were people who farmed land that was owned by others so they could then have a share in the crops.

6. Who were the sharecroppers? 100

7. These were northerners who came south for personal gain.

8. Who were the carpetbaggers? 200

9. These were white southerners who supported Republicans during the Reconstruction after the Civil War.

10. Who were the scalawags? 300

11. This was the agency that helped former slaves of the Civil War.

12. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau? 400

13. This officially banned slavery.

14. What was the 13 th Amendment? 500

15. This was a tax required before a person could vote.

16. What was the poll tax? 100

17. These were hunted by the Plains Indians.

18. What were the buffalo? 200

19. This was an attack on Indians who raised a white flag of surrender.

20. What was the Chivington Massacre? 300

21. The Native Americans agreed to keep to limited areas after this.

22. What was the Ft. Laramie Treaty? 400

23. This encouraged the Native Americans to become farmers.

24. What was the Dawes Act? 500

25. This was a railroad that stretched across the continent.

26. What was the Transcontinental Railroad? 100

27. He created the air brake, making railroad travel safer.

28. Who was George Westinghouse? 200

29. This group of men helped create the first transcontinental railroad.

30. Who were the “Big Four?” 300

31. He encouraged farmers to settle near his railroad, gave them seed, and imported special bulls to breed hardier cattle.

32. Who was James Hill? 400

33. One member of the “Big Four” has a famous hotel named after him, and the other has a university named after him.

34. Who are Mark Hopkins and Leland Stanford? 500

35. This man dominated the American oil industry.

36. Who was John D. Rockefeller? 100

37. These are shares in a business sold to investors.

38. What are stocks? 200

39. These are shares of a corporation’s profit.

40. What are dividends? 300

41. This is created when a company controls all or nearly all the business of an industry.

42. What is a monopoly? 400

43. He created the largest steel business.

44. Who was Andrew Carnegie? 500

45. Credits Slide show created by Marie Sontag, mesontag@hotmail.com http://www.timetrek.org copyright, 2000mesontag@hotmail.com http://www.timetrek.org Music courtesy of http://www.barbneal.com/bugselm.asphttp://www.barbneal.com/bugselm.asp This presentation may be copied and altered for classroom use only. All other uses must seek permission from the above address.