Immigration & Urbanization
This island served as the main entry point for immigrants arriving in America after 1892.
What is Ellis Island?
This term describes the rise of machines and factories to produce goods.
What is industrialization?
This steel tycoon was known for his philanthropy and libraries.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This term means workers refuse to work until demands are met.
What is a strike?
An economic system where businesses are privately owned and not controlled by government.
What is capitalism?
The Irish potato famine was caused by this plant disease.
What is potato blight?
The belief that government should stay out of business and “let it be.”
What is laissez-faire?
This oil magnate controlled about 90% of U.S. refineries.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This 1886 event in Chicago turned violent and hurt the labor movement’s reputation.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
The movement of people from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
A “push factor” is something that does this.
What is drives people away from their home country?
This invention allowed factories to produce goods faster and cheaper through repetition.
What is the assembly line?
This businesswoman built a haircare empire and employed over 40,000 people.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
This labor organization was founded by Samuel Gompers and focused on “pure and simple unionism.”
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Factories with long hours, unsafe conditions, and low pay.
What are sweatshops?
These overcrowded urban apartments often lacked plumbing, fresh air, and light.
What are tenements?
He invented the telephone in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This business strategy combines all stages of production from raw materials to final product.
What is vertical integration?
This tragic 1892 event saw a deadly clash between steelworkers and Pinkerton agents.
What is the Homestead Strike?
A combination of corporations created to reduce competition.
What is a trust?
The movement that opposed immigration and Catholic influence in the 1840s and 1850s.
What was the Know-Nothing movement?
This act authorized the first transcontinental railroad in 1862.
What is the Pacific Railway Act?
This banker financed major industries and helped form U.S. Steel.
Who is J. P. Morgan?
A court order that tells a person or group what actions they must or must not take.
What is an injunction?
Someone who donates their wealth to help others.
What is a philanthropist?