Titans of Industry
The man, nicknamed "The Commodore," who built a major transportation network of railroads and connected major U.S. cities.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The disease you could get if you worked at a match factory dipping the matches in phosphorus.
What is "phossy jaw?"
The nickname used for investigative journalists who exposed corruption through writing or photography.
Who are muckrakers?
The form of housing that was close together, cramped, unsanitary, had little ventilation, and was prone to fires.
What are tenements?
Thomas Edison's middle name.
Who is Thomas Alva Edison?
The man who dominated the steel industry and is also known for constructing major music hall in New York City as well as thousands of libraries.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The item that young women were making when a fire broke out in a high-rise factory and the doors were locked to prevent the workers from taking breaks.
What is a shirtwaist?
The president who ran as a reformer, spent two years in the Badlands of South Dakota, created over 51 bird sanctuaries, and really liked hunting.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The island off the coast of New York City that processed 5,000 immigrants per day, mostly Europeans.
What is Ellis Island?
The device that allowed for recording and reproducing sound using tin foil.
What is the phonograph?
The founder of the Standard Oil Company and the wealthiest American in U.S. history.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
A person who was dangerous to be around while walking the steel.
Who were snakes?
The movement led by Christian protestant women whose goal it was to convince men to stop drinking alcohol.
What is the Temperance Movement?
The island off the coast of San Fransisco that processed Asian immigrants, usually Chinese, interrogating them for months or even years.
What is Angel Island?
The term for Chinese men who bought the identity of another person to immigrate to America using a loophole caused by the San Fransisco Fire of 1906.
What is a Paper Son?
The major banker/financier who reorganized failing companies into profitable ones and even stabilized the U.S. economy during financial crises.
Who is J. P. Morgan?
The author of "The Jungle," who went undercover to see the horrible things happening in meatpacking factories and the oppression of the workers.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
What is the 19th Amendment?
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
What is nativism?
The item that disgusted Nikola Tesla so much that he would avoid the women who were wearing them.
What are pearls?
Known for the Model T, the assembly line for efficient manufacturing, and argued that one person cannot "own" the automobile.
Who is Henry Ford?
Which group of Native Americans, known for their apparent lack of a fear of heights, worked on skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and Twin Towers?
Who are the Mohawk Iron Workers?
The African American muckraker and writer who exposed the horrors of lynchings in the South.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
The school of art that depicted the realism and grim realities of urban life.
What is the Ashcan School of Art?
This president served less than a full year since he was assassinated only four months into his term.
Who is James A. Garfield?