8th grade American History Test # 8 Review

What act opened the Great Plains for settlement?

wrote IN HIS STEPS

Who founded the Hull House to help improve living conditions for women?

George Armstrong Custer was killed at Little Bighorn River by who?

Who became known as the Hoosier poet?

In what year was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

invented barbed wire

What was the first state to grant women the right to vote?

dedication of the Statue of Liberty

invented the safety elevator

Who became the world's greatest builder of free public libraries?

Who transformed agricultural practices in the South?

In what year was Chicago destroyed by a fire?

What national organization for farm families was founded by Oliver H Kelley?

What was known as the silver-mining capital of the world?

What state is known as the Centennial State?

served two terms nonconsecutively

The centerpiece of the Populist platform was the Free ____________ movement

standard time zones

Who organized the first successful national labor union?

In what area was gold discovered causing trouble with the Sioux Indians?

Who built the largest steel manufacturer in the world?

front -porch campaigns

Skyscraper architect

assassinated after four months in office

What Antitrust Act set a precedent for government regulation of business?

What city became the first center of skyscraper architecture?

Johnstown Flood

Immigrants who came to the United States as a result of the Age of Industry were called?

What term means the process that voters can sign a petition to begin the passage of law?

What Territory, which opened for settlement in 1889, was largely Indian territory?

The evangelist that founded a Bible insitute for the advanced training of Christian workers?

What did Johns Hopkins Medical School become known for?

Who invented the telephone?

Gold Standard Act

What is the rapid increase of pricing?

established the Union Oil Company of California

type of writing told a story using the scenery, & dialect of a particular region of the country

Who gave the speech known as the Atlanta Compromise?

What famous author used the pen name Mark Twain?

What is Christopher Sholes remembered for producing?

Where did Sheldon Jackson take the gospel?

painted pictorial records of American life

What Act made gold the only standard for monetary value?

Who formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio?

What composer is remembered as the March of Kings?

began building the Brooklyn Bridge

Who is the greatest inventor America has ever produced?

What act offered land & citizenship to any head of an Indian family who would take up farming?

What is a person who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product?