Captains of Industry
I made my money in the Oil Business
Who is John D. Rockefellar?
Most immigrants came from _______ during the time period from 1865-1917.
Where is Europe and Asia?
This city was known for the Steel Industry.
What is Pittsburgh?
This invention changed the way people lived by providing artificial light.
What is the Light Bulb?
These were laws passed after Reconstruction that limited African American Rights.
What are Black Codes or Jim Crow Laws?
I saw potential in trains. I knew the Railroad was the future for America.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The primary reason for the increase in Immigration.
What are new job opportunities in U.S. cities?
This region was known for the Textile Industry.
What is New England?
This invention allowed people to communicate over long distances.
What is the telegraph/telephone?
Many native tribes were forced to live on these _____.
What are Reservations?
I own the largest Steel Mill in America. Steel was the way of the future.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Many immigrants had to live in run down apartment complexes called ________.
What are Tenements?
This city was known for the Automobile Industry.
What is Detroit?
I invented the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
General Custer lost this Battle to Sitting Bull .........
What is The Battle of Little Bighorn?
This was the name of Rockefellar's Oil Company.
What is "Standard Oil Company"?
The two immigrant groups that faced the brunt of discrimination in U.S. cities were _________.
Who are the Irish and Chinese immigrants?
This city was known for the Meat Packing Industry
What is Chicago?
I invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
I assassinated President Lincoln ........
Who is John Wilkes Boothe?
This was the name of Carnegie's Steel corporation.
What is the "U.S. Steel Corporation"?
Jane Addams established this place for immigrants coming to America.
What is the Hull House?
The textile industry made things such as ________.
What are clothes and fabrics?
I created the General Electric Company and brought the light bulb to the masses.
Who is JP Morgan?
I was the leader of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction.........
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?