Laws and Acts
What act allowed the Transcontinental Railroad to be built?
What is the Pacific Railway Act
Who invented the telegraph and Morse Code?
Sam Morse
What is urbanization?
The growth of cities
Where did most immigrants arrive in America?
Ellis Island
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What act allowed people to pay $26 for 160 acres of land?
Homestead Act
How many inventions did Thomas Edison create?
1,093
What is a monopoly?
A company controlling an entire industry
Why is America called a "melting pot"?
It is where people from different cultures come together and form a new identity
What amendment granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What was the purpose of the Golden Spike?
To connect the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads
What invention by Henry Ford made products faster and cheaper?
The Assembly Line
Who is an entrepreneur?
A person who creates and runs a business while taking risks
What was life like for immigrants in crowded urban areas?
Overcrowded, unsanitary, with poor working conditions
Who were muckrakers?
Writers who spread Progressive ideas
What act supported westward expansion by giving land to settlers?
Homestead Act
What invention by Alexander Graham Bell transformed communication?
The telephone
What is a boycott?
Refusing to buy goods from a company
Name a reason why immigrants came to the United States
To work, for a better life, for political and religious freedom
What is an entrepreneur?
A person who creates and runs a new business while taking on all risks
How did the Pacific Railway Act impact industrialization?
It expanded transportation and trade across the U.S.
Name a major goal of the labor movement during the Industrial Revolution.
Improved working conditions, higher wages, shorter hours
What is a strike?
Workers refusing to work until demands are met
What role did immigrant labor play in building the Transcontinental Railroad?
Immigrants, especially Chinese and Irish workers, were essential in its construction
What is the role of an investor?
To put money into a business to make a profit.