Inventor
Who invented the airplane?
The Wright Brothers
What is Andrew Carnegie best known for?
Building a huge steel empire
Why were some people’s names changed at Ellis
Island?
The officers had a hard time understanding the
spelling or pronunciation of the name.
What do we celebrate today in remembrance of
peoples’ struggle for fair labor laws?
Labor Day
Share of a company
stock
What was Thomas Edison’s famous
Invention?
Light bulb
Who founded the Standard Oil Company?
John D. Rockefeller
Where did European immigrants first stop when they
came to New York in the 1900s?
Ellis Island
A crowded factory where people work long hours for
low wages is called
Sweatshop
Person who gives money to a business or project
hoping to make a profit
Investor
He is famous for saying, “Mr. Watson, come here, I
want to see you.”
Alexander Graham Bell
Name one way that William Randolph Hearst made the
newspaper better
1. Pictures were more colorful
2. Eye-catching headlines
Why did immigrants often live in communities with
others from their home country?
It was a way to make the adjustment to the United
States easier.
Bonus: Name one of those communities
Describe the tragic event that led to improved
conditions for workers
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Unfair negative opinion about a group of people
Prejudice
He taught former slaves new farming methods and
created new products out of peanuts
(cosmetics, dye, paint, plastic, fuel)
George Washington Carver
Why are monopolies bad for our economy?
•They don’t allow competition
•Hire few workers
•Owner becomes too powerful
Name one reason why immigrants came to America
1.Escape poverty
2.Religious Discrimination
3.Find jobs
4.Better opportunities (more money, better food)
Describe the unfair working conditions in the 1900’s
1. Children were sent to work for families
2. Women were paid less than men
3. 12 hours/7 days a week
4. About $10 a week
When workers refuse to work to try and force business
owners to meet their demands
Strike
Who was often blamed for poverty, crime,
overcrowding, violence, and lack of jobs in America?
Immigrants
The change in the US from an agricultural country to
an industrial country is called the
Industrial Revolution
Explain the living conditions of tenements
1.Families crowded in one apartment
2.Families had to share bathrooms
3.Cold in the winter, hot in the summer
Name one reason why immigrants were earning low
wages in the 1900’s
Many people were looking for work, so immigrants
took whatever jobs/pay that they could get.
Business that is owned by investors
Corporation