US History: Chp 19 - The Gilded Age

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  1. 1. Elevated trains were given this nickname.
  2. 4. 1st Democrat to be elected president after the Civil War.
  3. 7. Two men behind the scheme that led to the stock market crash of 1869.
  4. 9. It was the world's largest suspension bridge when it was built.
  5. 10. Independent minded Republicans that refused to accept James Blaine as the party nominee in 1884.
  6. 13. First newspaper publisher to reach a large audience.
  7. 14. This catalog become one of the most read publications in rural America after the Bible.
  8. 15. Built his department store on the motto, "Give the lady what she wants".
  9. 18. 3rd US president to be assassinated.
  10. 19. Owned a Philadelphia store that was considered the precursor to the modern department store.
  11. 22. Most widely used means of urban transit in the late 19th century.
  12. 23. Initial school classes for small children.
  13. 24. Inventor of the game of baseball.
  14. 26. Recreational craze of the 1890s.
  15. 28. Author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  16. 31. Women's organization that did much to combat the use of alcohol.
  17. 32. Transportation device first used in Boston in 1897.
Down
  1. 2. Father of the modern skyscraper.
  2. 3. His traveling circus was called the "Greatest Show on Earth".
  3. 5. Founder of the Hull House.
  4. 6. America's first professional baseball team was from here.
  5. 8. Most dynamic leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
  6. 9. Author of the Pledge of Allegiance.
  7. 11. Author of In His Steps.
  8. 12. 1st woman to receive a medical degree in America.
  9. 14. Began a Presbyterian mission for the Chinese in San Francisco.
  10. 16. Reclusive poet who wrote nearly 2,000 poems, most of which were published after her death.
  11. 17. Populist Democrat presidential candidate in 1896.
  12. 19. 1st state to grant women the right to vote.
  13. 20. Father of the American cartoon.
  14. 21. This act of Congress granted each state land for new colleges and universities.
  15. 25. Pulitzer's fiercest rival; owner of the New York Journal.
  16. 27. Most prolific song writer of the Gilded Age.
  17. 28. Opened the first mail-order business in 1872.
  18. 29. The most important institution in rural America.
  19. 30. Humorist and writer who coined the term "Gilded Age".