Brock Industrial and Progressive Era

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This court case led to organizations being created to gain civil rights through the legal system

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Front

Who invented the electric light bulb that allowed people to work after sunset?

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Thomas Edison

Front

The construction of this federal project ended Manifest Destiny and connected east to the west coast.

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Transcontinental Railroad

Front

____________________was know for vertical monopolies (when a company owns all aspects of a specific industry)

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Andrew Carnegie

Front

New Immigrants from _______________and _________________ worked in manufacturing and mines.

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Asia, Europe

Front

The Pony Express was taken out by the invention of the __________________.

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Telegraph

Front

Plessy v. Ferguson led to the creation of __________________in the South.

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Jim Crow Laws

Front

During the ________________________, women acted as guardians and keepers of their homes and tried to end social injustices.

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Progressive Era

Front

What was the significance of John D. Rockefeller?

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Founder of Standard Oil Company, later gains a monopoly on U.S. production of oil.

Front

Which of the following best describes the new immigrants: From South America, spoke no English and were Jewish and Catholic; From Western and Southern Europe, spoke no English and were Jewish and Catholic; From South Africa, spoke no English and were Jewish and Catholic; From Eastern and Northern Europe, spoke no English and were Jewish and Catholic?

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From Western and Southern Europe, spoke no English and were Jewish and Catholic