Robber Barons
This man was assistant to Tom Scott, then went and founded a very successful Steel Company
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This people group helped build the railroad
What are the Chinese?
This central point was where most immigrants came to the United States
What is Ellis Island?
This people group began being excluded from society
Who are the Chinese?
The term "Gilded" means this
What is "covered in gold?"
This man became a successful Railroad Tycoon, and owned a majority of railroads in the United States
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This explosive was designed to be safer for miners, however, many people still died
What is Dynamite?
These immigrants were portrayed as lazy drunks
Who are the Irish?
These pictures in the newspaper had both positive and negative feelings about the Chinese
What are Political Cartoons?
The term "Urbanization" means
This man owned a company known as "Standard Oil"
Who is John Rockefeller?
This section of the United States so increased growth after the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
What is the West?
These immigrants were portrayed as lazy, gambling, violent people
Who are the Italians?
This act, passed 2 years after the Chinese Exclusion act, meant that Chinese who had been living in the US for years, could not return
What is the Scott Act?
The term "laissez-faire" means
What is "allow to do?"
This main owned a very large bank, and ended up bailing out the US Government
Who is JP Morgan?
This liquid proved to be too dangerous to transport up mountains to build the railroad, as it would explode if bumped around too much
What is nitroglycerine?
Most immigrants stayed in these rundown apartments, where many families would often stay in the same one
What are tenements?
Roughly 20,000 immigrants were sent back to this country after the passage of these acts
What is China?
The term "Iron Horse" was used by Native Americans to describe this mode of transportation
What is the train?
Robber Barons owned most of the same company, also known as this popular Board Game
What is a monopoly?
The place where the eastern and western parts of the Transcontinental Railroad met, linking both coasts of the United States for the first time.
What is Promotory Point?
This racist group not only targeted black people, but also immigrants
What is the KKK?
When the issue of the Chinese Exclusion Act came before the Supreme Court, they said this, which would later impact other immigration reforms
What is "A matter of National Security?"
This group of people tried to ban together against unfair wages and dangerous working conditions
What are Labor Unions?