People
Who earned a fortune in the steel business and gave much his money to build libraries?
Andrew Carnegie
man who invented the phonograph?
Thomas Edison
What machine was the first to record the human voice and play it back?
phonograph
Gift from France that reminded new immigrants of freedom?
Statue of Liberty
Labor Unions and reform workers wanted child-labor laws to limit children's_____
hours
Who was the teacher for the deaf in Boston that invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who earned his wealth in the oil industry and gave much of his money to medical research?
John D. Rockefeller
What station did the US government set up to provide help for immigrants?
Ellis island
term that describes American culture in the late 1800s.
Gilded Age
Hull House provided ______ for immigrant women
classes
Who invented the QWERTY keyboard?
Christopher Sholes
Who became rich through the railroad and shipping business?
Vanderbuilt
Where was the first theme park?
Coney Island
System that allows people of a country to own the country's goods and businesses
capitalism
What is the term that means the right to vote?
Suffrage
Which man did God use to start a Sunday school and win thousands of people to Christ during the Gilded Age?
D.L. Moody
Who was the expert at shooting guns?
Annie Oakley
What law said that no more Chinese from the working class could enter America?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the special treatment that mild needed to go through before being sold?
pasturization
Immigrants came to America to find....
Land for sale at a good price
Who started the settlement house so immigrant women could receive help?
Jane Addams
Who invented the shoe laster?
Jan Matzeliger
Who was known for painting people's portraits?
John singer Sargent
Type of theater that was a show made up of short acts
vaudeville
Explain how labor laws improved the lives of children?
Limits were placed on the number of hours a child could work and decisions were made on what age a child could begin working