Industry
business man who dominated the oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
Reason people are attracted to an area
Pull Factors
majority of companies working together to control the market
Trust
new wave of people coming from non-traditional countries to the US.
New Immigrants
lots of people who own pieces of one company in a market
corporation
man who controlled/monopolized the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
Reason people leave an area
Pull Factor
one company that controls the market
Monopoly
island off coast of NY that was the gateway for immigrants
Ellis Island
new method for producing steel that was faster and more efficient
Bessemer Process
Banker who grew to control the several banks, insurance companies, and stock markets.
JP Morgan
A part of a city where members of a minority group lived in the 1900's
Ethnic Ghettos
name of the nation's 1st trust, owned by John Rockefeller
Standard Oil
island off the coast of SF Bay that was an entry location for immigrants
Angel Island
"let it be" policy of government that believed government should intervene as little as possible in the economy
Laissez-Faire Policy
man who ran and controlled the railroad industry
Cornelius Vanderbilt
people moving into a city area
Urbanization
purchase of competing companies in same industry
Horizontal Integration
housing with the purpose of assimilating new immigrants into the U.S.
Settlement Houses
Manufacturing process in which parts are added in a sequential manner to create finished products faster
assembly line
name used to refer to JP Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller
Industrial Giants
presence of multiple cultures in a society
Cultural Pluralism
purchase of companies at all levels of production
Vertical Integration
multi story building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible
Tenement Housing
Name 2 inventions developed during the Industrialization age.
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