Railroads
railroad that ran across the continent. Acts provided funds for the construction of rail lines by issuing government bonds and land grants
transcontinental railroad
What year did Angel and Ellis Island open
Angel - 1910
Ellis - 1892
What did Andrew Carnegie do?
bought his first steel plant in 1875, which became the Carnegie Steel Company. He cut the cost of producing steel by more than half, which forced many of his competitors out of business
What was the main east coast entry starting in 1892?
Ellis Island
What is a trust?
a group of corporations managed, but not directly owned, by a board, or a group of people
start building from Sacramento, California
Central Pacific Company
Steel production doubled between what years because of the new technique? Did prices increase of decrease?
1890 and 1900; price of steel decreased
What did John D. Rockefeller do?
Founded the Standard Oil Company in Ohio; controlled about 90% of the country’s oil-refining capacity and had assumed control of most of his competitors
Where did immigrants to the West Coast pass through and starting in what year?
Angel Island in 1910
Explain philanthropy and how was Rockefeller a philanthropist?
It is financial support of worthy causes; Rockefeller funded more than 2,500 public libraries throughout the United States. He gave away 90 percent of his wealth.
Who did they hire (and how many) to do the work of building the railroad?
Chinese Immigrants
What year did Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr open Hull House in a working-class Chicago neighborhood?
1889
What did the leaders of Social Gospel do?
Preached the gospel to promote social reforms, advocated for ending child labor, restricting work on Sundays, and providing disability insurance for workers injured on the job.
During 1870-1900-12 million people moved to the US from where?
Southern and Eastern Europe
What happened when immigrant children entered the public school system?
Some Americanized faster than their parents because they socialized with native-born schoolmates and adopted American social customs and learned English, while others struggled
Who attacked the Union Pacific Company as they built the railroads?
Native Americans
Who invented the type write and what year?
Christopher Sholes in 1868
What did Cornelius Vanderbilt do?
Dominated the steamship and ferry industries in the 1850s, turned his attention to railroads, helped expand regional networks between Chicago and NY and make railroad transportation more efficient.
What countries did most southern and Eastern Europeans immigrate from?
mainly Italian, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, and Czech
What is steel made out of?
a hard metal made from a mixture of iron and carbon
What were the responsibilities of the railroad laborers? and How many hours did they work?
worked 12-16 hours for 7 days a week. built bridges, blasted tunnels, and laid tracks through bitter winters and scorching summers.
What date and where did the wright brothers attempt to fly the first powered airplane?
Kitty Hawk, NC on December 17, 1903
Who led a Democratic Party committee called Tammany Hall in NYC?
William Magear Tweed (Boss Tweed)
On what date and where did the the two railroad lines meet?
May 10, 1869 in Promontory, Utah
What did Lassez-faire capitalism do?
allowed businesses to operate without much regulation(less government interference)