Answer Key for Teachers Fasttrack to America's Past
Section 6:  The Gilded Age
Page 6 - 3 and 6 - 4   Timeline
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Event dates and answers for the blanks:
(See the word bank at the bottom of page 6 - 3.)
 
1.  Civil War ends - 1865  ...of the South was left in...
2.  Typewriter invented - 1867  ...new career to women.
3.  Transcontinental R.R. opens - 1869   Irish and Chinese immigrants...
4.  Boss Tweed exposed - 1871  (convicted 1873)   ...sent him to jail.
5.  Susan B. Anthony's illegal vote - 1872   ...for woman suffrage.
6.  Carnegie's steel company begins - 1873   ...then gave much of...
7.  Telephone invented - 1876   ...by Alexander Graham Bell.
8.  Light bulb invented - 1879   ...of Thomas Edison's many inventions.
9.  Standard Oil Trust started - 1882   ...to get total control of...
10.  A.F. of L. forms - 1886   ...led by Samuel Gompers.
11.  Dawes Act - 1887   ...to "Americanize" the Indians...
12.  Kodak camera invented - 1888   ...easy for everyone.
13.  Sherman Antitrust Act - 1890   ...to be not very effective.
14.  Populist Party begins - 1892   Many farmers and workers...
15. Ellis Island opens - 1892   ...for millions of immigrants.
16.  Plessy v. Ferguson - 1896   ...allowed segregation to continue...
17.  Spanish-American War - 1898   It won Puerto Rico and...

The finished timeline is shown below

 
Reminder:  Students and teachers can also find the timeline shown below in the Timelines section of our main Internet support site.  A booklet with full page versions of all the completed timelines is available at a modest price, and carries permission to make overhead transparencies for classroom use.

 


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