Immigration
A factor that attracts people to move to a new destination
Pull Factor
_____ Island primary processed immigrants from Europe
Ellis Island
Thomas Edison
Individuals who start a new business and run the risk of losing their capital if their business fails
Entrepreneurs
Built his wealth in railroads and shipping; "The Commodore"
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A factor that encourages people to leave their home country
Push Factor
_____ Island primary processed immigrants from Asia
Angel Island
This industry was revolutionized by the development of the Bessemer process
Steel industry
Belief in the policy of minimum or limited governmental interference in economic affairs
Laissez-Faire
Led the expansion of American steel; became philanthropist later in life by founding museums and libraries
Andrew Carnegie
Term describing an extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people
Nativism
This event in California attracts thousands of Chinese immigrants
1849 Gold Rush
This group of laborers played a crucial role in building the Union Pacific portion of the railroad
Irish Immigrants
This theory was used to explain poverty and justify class distinctions; "survival of the fittest" mentality
Social Darwinism
Concentrated his business in oil refining; true oil monopoly
John D. Rockefeller
The first law to prevent a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating to the U.S.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
At ____ Island, the average processing time was 2-5 hours
Ellis Island
This group of laborers played a crucial role in building the Central Pacific portion of the railroad
Chinese immigrants
An economic system based on private ownership and on investment of money in business ventures to make a profit
Capitalism
Chief developer of the assembly line and perfected the mass production of the first affordable automobile
Henry Ford
Paper Sons & Paper Daughters
At ____ Island, immigrants experienced harsh questioning and long detentions
Angel Island
The TWO railroad companies responsible for the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Union Pacific & Central Pacific
Another name for the period of industrialization; describes a period of growth, excess, corruption, etc.
The Gilded Age
______ expansion led to the increase in buffalo hunting and forced removal of Native tribes from their ancestral land
Westward Expansion