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