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Question 1

Who was the Populist presidential candidate?

Answer 1

James B. Weaver

Question 2

Who established the first modern scientific laboratory?

Answer 2

Thomas Edison

Question 3

Who patented the first telephone?

Answer 3

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 4

Who developed a variety of a thornless cactus?

Answer 4

Luther Burbank

Question 5

Who imported wheat from Russia?

Answer 5

Mark Carleton

Question 6

Who discovered the Bessemer process?

Answer 6

William Kelly

Question 7

Who drilled America’s first oil well?

Answer 7

Edwin Drake

Question 8

Who invented basketball in 1891?

Answer 8

James Naismith

Question 9

Who is the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms?

Answer 9

Grover Cleveland

Question 10

What political machine did Grover Cleveland oppose as New York governor?

Answer 10

Tammany Hall

Question 11

Who was a steep entrepreneur?

Answer 11

Andrew Carnegie

Question 12

Who organized the U.S. Steel Corporation?

Answer 12

J.P. Morgan

Question 13

Who organized the Standard Oil Company?

Answer 13

John D. Rockefeller

Question 14

Who was a German immigrant that advocated civil service reform?

Answer 14

Carl Schurz

Question 15

What is a cooperative (co-op)?

Answer 15

A cooperative is a business that operates to save its members money rather than to profit.

Question 16

What was William Jennings Bryan’s famous speech that helped him win the Democratic presidential nomination for the election of 1896?

Answer 16

“Cross of Gold”

Question 17

What was one of Nikola Tesla’s greatest inventions used in early radio transmitters?

Answer 17

Tesla coil

Question 18

What were the former Confederate states known as due to rapid changes in the Southern economy?

Answer 18

New South

Question 19

What was the first federal regulatory agency created in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling against Granger law’s?

Answer 19

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

Question 20

What craze swept over American cities in the 1890s after the invention’s safety was addressed?

Answer 20

bicycling

Question 21

What organization did William Booth found to spread charity with the Gospel?

Answer 21

Salvation Army

Question 22

In what year was the telephone patented?

Answer 22

1876

Question 23

Who has been called one of the greatest inventors in history?

Answer 23

Thomas Edison

Question 24

What innovation in farming prevented soil from being depleted too quickly?

Answer 24

crop rotation

Question 25

What crop is NOT known for George Washington Carver?

Answer 25

pecan

Question 26

What movement started after the conference at Mount Hermon?

Answer 26

Student Volunteer Movement

Question 27

What city was known for her steel industry?

Answer 27

Pittsburgh

Question 28

What rural institution served as a meeting place and records hall?

Answer 28

local church

Question 29

What movement began as a way to train Sunday school teachers?

Answer 29

Chautauqua Movement

Question 30

What literary style attempted to portray typical life, including cultures, accents, and traditions?

Answer 30

local color writing

Question 31

How did Andrew Carnegie ensure that his business was not dependent on railroads or producers of raw materials?

Answer 31

He purchased his own railroads and sources of raw material.

Question 32

Why were unions generally opposed to immigration?

Answer 32

Immigrants were willing to do union workers' jobs for less money.

Question 33

What statement accurately represents American unions in the Gilded Age?

Answer 33

Unions represented a minority of American workers.

Question 34

What was James A. Garfield's role in helping pass civil service reform?

Answer 34

His assassination turned him into a martyr figure for civil service reformers.

Question 35

What was Grover Cleveland's policy concerning pension bills?

Answer 35

He signed only those pension bills which he had carefully screened for fraud.

Question 36

What was the name of the movement supported by miners and farmers looking to pay off loans?

Answer 36

Free Silver Movement

Question 37

What did the Stalwarts steadfastly oppose?

Answer 37

civil service reform

Question 38

Which tariff set an important precedent for later trade policies with its reciprocity clause?

Answer 38

McKinley Tariff

Question 39

What farmer's organization promoted regulation of the railroads?

Answer 39

Grange

Question 40

What act created the cooperative extension service within the Department of Agriculture?

Answer 40

Smith-Lever Act

Question 41

What Southern city became a major steel center?

Answer 41

Birmingham

Question 42

Who was the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge that died before construction was complete?

Answer 42

John A. Roebling

Question 43

What was the first state in which women could vote?

Answer 43

Wyoming

Question 44

Who introduced reindeer to Alaska?

Answer 44

Sheldon Jackson

Question 45

Which first lady was known for serving lemonade rather than alcohol in the White House?

Answer 45

Lucy Hayes

Question 46

What speaker of the House of Representatives improved the efficiency of the House?

Answer 46

Thomas B. Reed

Question 47

Who founded Hull House?

Answer 47

Jane Addams

Question 48

Who was a leader of the women's suffrage movement?

Answer 48

Susan B. Anthony

Question 49

Who was a pastor whose sermons were published in 3,500 newspapers?

Answer 49

T. De Witt Talmage

Question 50

Who was known as the Moody of the South?

Answer 50

Sam Jones

Question 51

Who was the leader of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union?

Answer 51

Frances Willard

Question 52

Who was the author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ?

Answer 52

Lewis Wallace

Question 53

What essay question should be answered in paragraph form?

Answer 53

Mark Twain referred to the Age of Industry as the Gilded Age. Was his view accurate or inaccurate? Give at least three reasons.