The two inventions that had the BIGGEST impact on everyday American life
What are the light bulb and the telephone
100
European immigrants in the early 1900s most came from these two regions of Europe
What are eastern and southern Europe?
100
This man created an oil monopoly, His company was called Standard Oil
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
100
Segregation laws
What were laws that allowed separate schools, hospitals and graveyards for African-Americans and denied them many jobs?
100
Really tall building made of steel that allowed the growth of US cities
What is a skyscraper?
200
Thomas Edison
Who was the inventor of the light bulb
200
wars, poor farming conditions, and killing of Jewish people, and discrimination
What were reasons people from Europe immigrated to the US
200
This man created steel monopoly, His company was called US Steel
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
200
Plessy v. Feurguson
What was the Supreme Court case allowed segregation.
200
When a country increases its military to scared its neighbors and get its way
What is militarism?
300
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was the inventor of the telephone?
300
The main immigration station in New York City
What is Ellis Island?
300
Low wages, unsafe conditions, long hours, no over time or vacation pay
What is how Carnegie and Rockefeller treated their workers?
300
The popular civil rights leader for wanted to advance African-American with better jobs, then ask for equal rights.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
300
When a country takes over another nation to get raw materials and start colonies
What is imperialism?
400
Used the conveyor belt and assembly line to mass produce cars
Who was Henry Ford?
400
Immigration station in California where Chinese and Japanese people were held like prisoners
What is Angel Island?
400
President who worked to break up big business and to create fair prices and competition.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
400
The civil rights leader who wanted to African-Americans to have IMMEDIATE equal rights.
Who was W. E. B Dubois?
400
System of government where the government owns all the businesses and the citizens have few rights.
What is communism?
500
The two inventions by Garrett Morgan that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives?
What are the traffic light and the gas mask
500
The first immigration law passed by Congress, banned immigration from China for 10 years, and did not allow the Chinese living here to become US citizens. Lasted until 1945
What is Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
500
Libraries, Colleges, and churches
What are causes that Carnegie and Rockefeller gave most of their money to later in life?
500
The nation's oldest Civil Rights organization, started by Dubois and Jane Addams
What is the NAACP?
500
Weather condition where there is little rain over a long period of time and crops don't grow