Imperial/Progressive Era - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Invented by Thomas Edison. Let factories operate 24/7
   lightbulb
2. America having control of other countries for their resources.
   Imperialism
3. Book by Sinclair that prompted the creation of the FDA
   The Jungle
4. Journalists who exposed bad things about companies.
   Muckrakers
5. Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller
   "Robber Barons"
6. A company that controls their market
   Monopoly
7. Roosevelt set aside areas controlled by the gov't for preservation
   National Parks
8. Used to make the railroad, Carnegie made his $$ with this
   Steel
9. Ways to limit # of immigrants allowed in
   Immigration Act & National Quota
10. In NY, where mostly European immigrants were processed
    Ellis Island
11. Marched and protested for women to have the right to vote
    Suffrage Movement
12. Canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in Central America
    Panama Canal
13. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell to send voice messages
    Telephone
14. Connected the east and west coast for the first time.
    Transcontinental Railroad
15. Helped get workers better working conditions
    Labor Unions
16. Protected by the U.S. but not under their direct control. (NOT a state)
    U.S. Territory
17. "muckraker" who exposed Standard Oil
    Ida Tarbell
18. War with Spain fought in Cuba after the sinking of the Maine
    Spanish American War
19. Invented by Samuel Morse to send messages long distances
    Telegraph
20. Founder of the Hull House in Chicago
    Jane Aadams
21. Against consumption of alcohol and wanted it banned
    Temperance movement
22. Nickname for Teddy since he "busted" up monopolies
    "Trust Buster"
23. Used to fuel cars, light homes. How Rockefeller made his $$.
    Oil
24. Belief in conserving the land/environment for future generations.
    Conservationism
25. Group of volunteers during Span/Am war led by T.R.
    Rough Riders
26. move for social activism, more gov't control/reroms
    Progressive movement
27. Book by Jacob Riis with pictures of poor in NYC
    How the Other Half Live
28. The sinking of this ship started the Spanish/American War
    USS Maine
29. In California, where mostly Asian immigrants were processed
    Angel Island