Standard VThe student willunderstand theconcepts and
developments ofthe late 19th tothe early 20th
centuries.
Objective 1
Identify andevaluate the
events that ledto the settlement
of the West.
In the late 1800’s, in what region did most
of the battles between the settlers and
Native Americans take
place?
What were the four most What were the four most important inventions of important inventions of the 1800s that promoted the 1800s that promoted
settlement of the settlement of the Midwest?Midwest?
Steel plowCast-ironwindmill
Mechanicalreaper
Barbed wire
What did newfarm inventions
in the 1800ssuch as
harvesters andthreshers result
in?
Anincrease in
theproduction
of crops
Which politicalparty was
formed in the1890s to
promote thegoals of electoral
reform andregulation of big
business?
ThePopulist
Party
Whatproblems
arose duringthe
developmentof the
railroads?
Corruptmanagement of therailroad system, the
exploitation offarmers, and
dangerous workingconditions for
railroad workers.
What was the type offarming that existed
in Alabama andother southern statesthat gave part of thecrop as payment for
work done?
In the 1800’s Alabama’s cotton
crops were destroyed so badly that farmers were forced to diversify their crops. What
destroyed the crops?
What was thename of theorganization
that was formedby farmers who
pooled theirresources to buy
machinery?
Why didWestern
settlers clearforest landand kill off
buffalo?
To settlethe West
What animaldid NativeAmericansuse for food
and clothing?
What processused hot air
to purify steeland produce
it faster?
With whatinvention isJohn Deereassociated?
What invention led to the end
of the open-range in the West?
Where was General Custer killed?
What ritual did the Sioux Indians believe would bring back the buffalo and restore
their land?
What is the name of the Alabama area
characterized by large areas of fertile,
black soil?
What term describes the belief that the U.S. had a God-
given right to expand from the Atlantic Ocean
to the Pacific Ocean?
What term describes the belief that Native Americans should adopt European customs
and beliefs?
What act required that Native Americans adopt the policy of assimilation?
Where did the slaughter of Sioux men,
women, and children occur by U.S. Army soldiers who
were trying to arrest Sitting Bull?
Battle of Wounded Knee
What is the economic theory that allows individuals to
use both silver and gold as currency?
The Populist Party in the late 1800’s favored the use of
what type of currency?
What was the name of African-American soldiers
who fought on the Western frontier against Native
Americans?
Why were standard time zones created?
To make the railroad system run more smoothly.
What groups of immigrants were used as workers
on the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish
Standard VThe student will understand the concepts
and developments of the late 19th to the early 20th century.
Objective 2Evaluate the concepts, developments,
and consequences of industrialization and
urbanization.
What was the main reason railroad lines were
built in sparsely populated parts
of Alabama?
To support the coal and iron
industries
What decreased the number of agricultural
workers in the late 1800s?
An increase in the number
of factories in the United States
Which name best completes this diagram?
Before the passage of the 19th
amendment, in what area of the country
did women have the most voting rights?
How did Upton Sinclair’s
The Jungle affect society?
It led to an increase in government
protection of consumers.
What agricultural researcher at
Tuskegee Institute created
crops which helped farmers in the South?
George Washington Carver
Which amendment requires that
members of the United States Senate
be directly elected
by the voters in their state?
Who created the first telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was the Italian inventor
who discovered that messages could be sent
by radio waves?
Guglielmo Marconi
What is the term that describes the movement
of people into cities?
What is the term that is
used to describe one business that
controls an entire industry?
What is the term that describes owners of companies who use ruthless means to
acquire wealth?
What negative term would describe Andrew
Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller
due to the business practices they used?
Who was the owner of Standard Oil
Company?
John D. Rockefeller
What is the 19th century belief that only the strongest business
or individual will survive?
What 19th century belief encouraged those who
were wealthy to help those
who were less fortunate?
What 19th century author wrote
children’s books that revealed that one
could become wealthy through hard work? (rags to riches stories)
What organizations were formed to fight the harsh working conditions and low wages of workers in
the late 1800s?
What technique was employed by labor unions to ensure
their demands were met?
Strike (work stoppage)
What union helped to persuade
Congress to create a minimum wage,
safer standards for the work place,
and a 40 hour work week?
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What group of individuals in the
late 1800s and early 1900s were
discriminated against because
they worked for less money?
What term is used to describe
Americans who favored natural
born citizens over immigrants?
What Act was passed by Congress in the 1800s to
decrease the number of Chinese
immigrants?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What act limited the number of European
immigrants to the United States in the
early 1900s?
Emergency Quota Act
What author exposed the corrupt
business practices
of Standard Oil?
What was the name of the
African American movement led by W.E.B. DuBois in the early 1900s?
Niagara Movement
What movement called foran increase in economic and
political opportunitiesfor black Americans and an
end to segregation and discrimination?
Niagara Movement
Who organized (founded) the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)?
What document, written by Booker T. Washington,
emphasized that the races should
remain separate?
Atlanta Exposition and Compromise
Who was the founder and first
president of Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
What college was created to provide training for
African Americans
in industry and agriculture?
Tuskegee Institute
What court case requirements led
to the creation of
Tuskegee Institute?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What amendment provides
for a federal income tax?
What amendment prohibited the sale,
manufacture and distribution
of alcohol?
What effect did the repeal of the 18th
amendment have on counties in
Alabama?
Some counties in Alabama allowed the
sale of alcoholic beverages (wet counties)
while some did not (dry counties)
What amendment gave women the right
to vote throughout the United
States?
What was the name given to the Progressive
programs instituted during
Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency?
What President created the National Park
Service?
Theodore Roosevelt
What President was known as the
trust-buster?
Theodore Roosevelt
What law was passed
as a result of Upton Sinclair’s
The Jungle?
Pure Food and Drug Act
What former president ran as a candidate for the Progressive Party
in the 1912 election?
Theodore Roosevelt
What political party was also known
as the Bull-Moose Party?
Progressive Party
Why did the Republican Party
split into Republicans and Progressives in
the early 1900s?
Because President Taft and former President T. Roosevelt disagreed on
political issues
What Alabama city’s economic
growth focused on iron and steel?
What Alabama city’s economic
growth focused on shipping?
What was the cheapest source of labor in the post Civil
War South?
Convicts who were leased to
companies (convict leasing)
What Alabama document required individuals to prove
land ownership and/or literacy before they
were able to vote?
1901 Alabama Constitution
What effect did the Alabama Constitution of 1901 have on black
voters?
Greatly decreased their ability
to exercise the right to vote
What was the name of the reforms
developed by Woodrow Wilson?
Why was the Alabama Constitution of 1901 passed?
To ensure that Democrats
(whites) would stay in power
What federal agency was established to
investigate companies who used unfair
business practices?
What federal agency was established to
investigate companies who used
unfair business practices?
Federal Trade Commission
What law was passed to ensure that
businesses could not use anti-trust laws to
break up unions?
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
What Massachusetts educator is considered
to be the Father of Education?
What term described the writers who
revealed social problems in the
early 1900s?
MuckrakersMuckrakers
What term would have been used by Theodore Roosevelt
to describe both Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair?
What 1896 court case ensured that
segregation and the doctrine
of “separate but equal” would remain the law
of the land?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What 1914 law provides
for a national banking system consisting of 12
district banks?
Federal Reserve Act
Skyscrapers and suspensions
bridges led to the growth of
what industry?
The steel industry
Why were children employed in
factories in the late 1800s?
They provided a cheap labor source
What Alabama city was known
as the “Pittsburg of the South”?
After the passage of the 1901 Alabama
Constitution, what allowed
illiterate whites to exercise the right to vote?
Grandfather Clause
What reform movement
is Susan B. Anthony associated
with?
Suffrage (the right to vote
for women)
What was an indirect result of the
passage of the
16th amendment?
A larger tax burden on farmers