Matching Pairs US History Matching GameOnline version Test your knowledge of US history by matching key concepts with their descriptions. by jillian collins 1 Gilded Age 2 Progressive Era 3 Gilded Age 4 Gilded Age 5 Progressive Era 6 Progressive Era 7 Gilded Age 8 Progressive Era 9 Progressive Era 10 Gilded Age 11 Progressive Era 12 Gilded Age 13 Progressive Era 14 Gilded Age 15 Gilded Age 16 Gilded Age 17 Progressive Era 18 Progressive Era Pure Food Act started (later food and drug administration-FDA) 1st cross country railroad Government starts trying to regulate unsafe food 1870-1900 Child Labor Laws started Henry Ford started assembly lines to make cars People move from rural areas to the city for work 1896-1917 Light Bulb invented Theodore Roosevelt Pullman Strike Panama Canal created Homestead Act Increase in Factories hawaii was annexed (added as state) Rise of big business, 2nd industrial revolution, rise in corruption Labor Unions started to reduce work hours and make workplace safer Spanish American War