1870's

Question 1

Brooklyn Bridge

Answer 1

Completed in 1883, designed by John Roebling. Culturally significant to New York City, and architecturally significant for its usage of steel.

Question 2

Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition

Answer 2

An 1870 expedition into the Yellowstone region which occurred during Grant’s presidency.

Question 3

The 15th Amendment

Answer 3

1870- Granted African-American men the right to vote.

Question 4

Enforcement Act of 1871 (third act)

Answer 4

An act signed by Grant to counteract the Ku Klux Klan, he was successful in doing this during his presidency.

Question 5

Whaling Disaster of 1871

Answer 5

Several whaling ships got stuck off the coast of Alaska, dealing a serious blow to the whaling industry.

Question 6

The Polaris expedition

Answer 6

An 1871 American expedition to reach the North Pole, led by Charles Francis Hall, although they did reach coordinates more northerly than any other explorer, the ship crashed and sank.

Question 7

William “Boss” Tweed

Answer 7

A corrupt politician who embezzled millions of taxpayer dollars from New Yorkers.

Question 8

Barbed wire

Answer 8

An American invention debuted in 1873.

Question 9

Levi Strauss

Answer 9

Inventor of blue jeans, a popular commodity in the West.

Question 10

The Long Depression

Answer 10

An economic depression lasting from 1873-1879 as a result of the end of the Civil War.

Question 11

Tong Wars

Answer 11

Any of several feuds carried on in San Francisco between gangs of Chinese immigrants. These gang wars spanned a 70-year period beginning in the 1850s and continuing until the 1920s. The Tongs held a tight grip on San Francisco until a 1906 earthquake destroyed their brothels, casinos, and opium dens.

Question 12

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 12

Inventor of the telephone

Question 13

Buffalo Calf Road Woman

Answer 13

A Northern Cheyanne woman credited with striking the blow that knocked Custer off his horse at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.

Question 14

Crazy Horse

Answer 14

A chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn in 1876.

Question 15

Mark Twain

Answer 15

An American humorist and novelist most well-known for his novels about slow Missouri life.

Question 16

phonograph

Answer 16

A record player invented by Thomas Edison in 1877.

Question 17

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

Answer 17

A large number of railroad workers went on strike because of wage cuts. After a month of strikes, President Hayes sent troops to stop the rioting.

Question 18

Billy the Kid

Answer 18

The quintessential cowboy, Billy the Kid became notoriously associated with the recklessness of the Wild West, he also was an active participant in the Lincoln County War.

Question 19

Black Bart

Answer 19

Stagecoach robber and gentleman bandit, he left poems at the scenes of his crimes, active in the late 1870s.

Question 20

Bike boom

Answer 20

1860s and 1890s, bicycles were extremely popular in America due to French and British innovations.

Question 21

Frank Winfield Woolworth

Answer 21

The founder of five and ten cent stores in the late 1870s-1880s, he pioneered the practice of buying merchandise direct from manufacturer, instead of haggling.

Question 22

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Answer 22

A railroad owner who built a railway connecting Chicago and New York. He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad, which made railroads safer and more economical. A philanthropist, he became one of the richest men in the world from a mediocre upbringing.

Question 23

Doc Holliday

Answer 23

An American gambler, gunfighter and dentist of the American Old West, who is usually remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. 1870s-1880s.

Question 24

Incandescent light bulb

Answer 24

Invented by Edison in 1879.