Robber Barons
This commador of industry owned the New York Central Railroad.
This law outlawed trusts and monopolies in the United States.
What is the Sherman Anti Trust Act of 1890
This law was the first to outlaw the imigration of a select group of people.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
This invention made factories more efficient by allowing a 24 hour work day.
When a person/buisness controlls the the supply of a product.
What is a monopoly
This financial giant owned one of the largest banking and counting houses in America.
Who is J. P. Morgan
This law is the first regulation placed on private industry.
What is the Interstate Commerse Act of 1887
What are the New Immigrants
This invention improved transcontinental comunication.
What is the telegraph
When a company takes control of every aspect of the development of its product.
This pennyless immigrant invested in the Bessemer Steel process, and became rich providing steel to the railroads.
Who is Andrew Caregie
This Law allowed for the Americanization of Native Americans, and made it esier to take their land.
What is the Dawes Act
Immigrant workers in New York housed in these crowded dirty buildings.
What are tenements
This invention helped create a national market by linking the nation together like never before.
Railroad
When an migrant moves to a new place because of the promis of a job, better opportunites, or education, etc.
What is a pull factor
Who is John D. Rockefeller
This law provided 160 acres to anyone willing to improve the land over five years.
What is the Homestead Act
European immigrants came through this immigration station in New York.
What is Ellis Island
This new process for making steel, made for a better quality steel for less cost.
The Bessmer steel process.
The growth of cities because of rapid industrialization.
What is Urbanization
This "Robber Baron" is considered the richest man in American history.
This act by congress created the transcontinental railroad.
What is the Pacific Railway Act of 1862
Asian immigrants came through this immigration station in San Francisco.
What is Angel Island
This invention became necessary with the creation of the skyscraper.
What is the elevator
When government takes a hands off approach towards business.
What is Laissez-Faire