Late 1800s America

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Across
  1. 3. Amendment that stated no U.S. citizen could be denied the right to vote based on race.
  2. 5. White, southern Republicans considered to be “traitors” by other Southerners.
  3. 7. Becomes a national park in 1872.
  4. 9. Individuals who bought up land in order to sell it later for a profit.
  5. 12. Massive farming by large companies.
  6. 14. Invented the phonograph and the light bulb.
  7. 15. Surrendered to U.S. government in 1886.
  8. 17. Invented baseball.
  9. 21. Name referring to workers that crossed the picket lines during Haymarket Riot.
  10. 25. Founded by Bell in 1885. (abbv.)
  11. 26. To control smaller companies by investing in them is this type of consolidation.
  12. 27. Act by government to amend plight of Native Americans.
  13. 28. Implemented by southerners to limit the freedoms of blacks.
  14. 30. Government employees work this many hours a day in 1868.
  15. 31. City with first subway system.
  16. 32. Made up 5% of the industrial workforce in 1880.
  17. 36. Northerners that sought to profit from the Southerners economic plight.
  18. 39. First town with a female mayor. (Hint: It’s in Kansas.)
  19. 40. Rented the land that they farmed.
  20. 42. Rockefeller started the Standard ___________ Company in 1870.
  21. 43. Carnegie prospered in this type of industry.
  22. 44. First “cowtown”. (Hint: It’s in Kansas.)
  23. 46. The Great __________ Tea Company was the precursor to the modern-day supermarket.
  24. 48. First state to “rejoin” the Union.
  25. 50. Most “ranching” techniques were learned from these people.
  26. 52. Months it took, roughly, for news to travel across the Atlantic in 1865.
  27. 53. First phonograph recording.
  28. 54. City founded by 1889 land-rush.
  29. 58. Farmed a portion of a planter’s land.
  30. 60. Amendment that outlawed slavery.
  31. 62. Cotton, tobacco, and sugar are examples.
  32. 63. Became President after Lincoln was assassinated and Congress sought to impeach him because he wanted to fire the Secretary of War.
  33. 64. Discovered in Nevada in 1859.
  34. 65. Invented football.
  35. 66. To control the means of production for your company is this type of consolidation.
  36. 67. Killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Down
  1. 1. Completed in 1883 as a result of the Bessemer Process.
  2. 2. Had 900,000 miles of wire-use in 1900.
  3. 4. Amendment that gave equal rights and protection to all male U.S. citizens.
  4. 6. Father of Socialism.
  5. 8. Given to us by France and put together in 1886.
  6. 10. Only type of land available for Native Americans after 1890.
  7. 11. African-Americans who migrated to the Midwest in 1879.
  8. 13. This last “great” strike happened in the railroad industry.
  9. 16. Act that allocated money from sold land to help establish colleges.
  10. 18. Native Americans relied on these for food and economy.
  11. 19. Author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
  12. 20. People who stole another’s claimed land.
  13. 22. Ideology that became popular in 1890.
  14. 23. A success of Reconstruction was that education in the South would be supported by these.
  15. 24. Women can vote here first.
  16. 29. Bureau set up to help slaves transition to freedom.
  17. 31. “Rushed” for land in 1889.
  18. 33. Invented basketball.
  19. 34. Railroad company responsible for major labor strike when it cut wages.
  20. 35. Assassinated by opposition party’s lawyer in 1881.
  21. 37. Established in 1886 to help with collective bargaining. (abbv.)
  22. 38. Elected president in 1868.
  23. 41. Put a telephone in the White House in 1878.
  24. 45. Invented by Joseph Glidden in 1874 to contain cattle.
  25. 47. Coined the phrase “Social Darwinism”.
  26. 49. Along with rainwater, this was the most reliable water source for people living on the plains.
  27. 51. Illegally left too early for land.
  28. 55. Westinghouse and __________were the first electrical companies.
  29. 56. Household “appliance” invented in 1889.
  30. 57. Popular cattle drive trail from Texas to Kansas.
  31. 59. City with first skyscraper.
  32. 61. Made up 17% of the industrial workforce in 1890.