Captains of Industry
Steel Industry
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
12 Million Immigrants
Who were the work force for the 2nd Industrial Revolution
By 1910, this many immigrants had came to America.
What is 12 Million?
Hull House in Chicago
Had more status but less money: landowners, bankers and merchants.
Who were the Old money?
Designed air brakes for trains
Who is George Westinghouse
Symbol of the 2nd Industrial Revolution
What is Steel?
The Majority of immigrants came from
Where is south and east Europe and Asia?
Greatest inventor of the age.
Who is Thomas Edison?
First comic strip in color.
What was the Yellow kid?
Standard Oil
Who is John D. Rockefeller
Survival of the fittest/natural selection/rugged individualism
What is Social Darwinism?
European Immigrants arrived here
Where is Ellis Island (NYC)
Discovered that by blowing hot air through molten iron ore, produced steel;
Who is Henry Bessemer?
Quota laws were passed to
What is reduce the number of immigrants coming to America?
Railroad Industry
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
When a business grows to the point that it controls the entire market.
What is a Monopoly?
Asian Immigrants arrived here:
Believed his factory could produce a minor invention once a month and a major invention every 90 days.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Red Scare
What is the fear of communism
Manufacturing of Railroad cars
Who is George Pullman
Several companies and even monopolies could be controlled by a small group of people.
What is a Trust?
Contributions of immigrants include:
What is worked dangerous low paying jobs, cultural diversity, foods, customs and traditions.
Built the first Automobile
Who is Benz?
Characteristics of the poor
What is lived in tenement housing(dumb bell housing), lived near factories, dirty overcrowded, sick people.