The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
What is a monopoly
100
Accurately describe working conditions in most factories in ONE word...
What is BAD, UNSAFE, DANGEROUS, ETC.
100
The lightbulb, the elevator, the cream separator, electricity are all examples of Industrial Revolution _______________
What is Technology/Inventions?
100
One CAUSE of urbanization, RELATED to ELLIS Island
What is Immigration?
100
The Railroad created in the 1860's that connected the western frontier to eastern cities in the United States. This made travel cheap, fast, and realistic for Americans who wanted to travel west searching for opportunity.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
200
a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
200
Poor working conditions, child labor, long hours, dangerous conditions, these are all aspects of these new industrial revolution jobs.
What is Factory Worker?
200
City population did this during the industrial revolution.
What is RISE, GROW, GREW, ROSE
200
The growth of urban areas due to people moving from more rural areas.
What is Urbanization?
200
Battle Fought in 1876, a battle between General Custer of the United States Army and various Native American Tribes (Sioux and Cherokee) led by Sitting Bull. Custer and his men were famously wiped out by the Native Americans.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
300
_______________ eliminated competition by forming Monopolies and buying up control of specific industries. They created thousands of jobs and helped the United States economy but in turn held a significant amount of control within the US Government and over workers' conditions in factories, mines, etc.
What is Big Business?
300
These illustrations or comic strips contained a political or social message that commented on working conditions and big business' stranglehold on the American Worker.
What are Political Cartoons?
300
A period of rapid technological and economic growth in the United States. New inventions, the rise of big business, expansion west, and the urbanization of cities all took place during this time.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
300
These buildings were unsafe, unclean, and dangerous places to live during the urbanization of cities during the Industrial Revolution.
What are tenement houses?
300
This Native American led the Sioux against Custer and his men at Little Bighorn during the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who is Sitting Bull?
400
The Big Business Tycoon who founded the Standard Oil Company and one of the richest Americans to ever live.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
400
The term for employing children in factories.
What is Child Labor?
400
John D. Rockefeller's Corporation. Rockefeller maintained a monopoly in the United States with this company.
What is Standard Oil Company?
400
Steel Framed buildings that were built during the Industrial revolution as a result of new technologies like electricity, elevator, bessemer process.
What are Skyscrapers?
400
This RUSH for a specific resource took place on the west coast of the United States.
What is the California Gold Rush?
500
The person in charge of running one of the country's giant monopolies/corporations. (I.e. Rockefeller, Carnegie)
What is a Monopolist, Business Tycoon?
500
This was the first successful humor magazine in the United States of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918.
What is Puck Magazine?
500
This attraction at the World's fair was an example of technology that motivated people to travel into cities during the Industrial Revolution. LIST THE ATTRACTION AND LOCATION FOR FULL POINTS.
What is the Ferris Wheel in Chicago?
500
This pushed farmers out of their jobs and led them into cities to look for new work during the industrial revolution.
What is the Cream Separator, NEW TECHNOLOGY ON FARMS.
500
These two railroad companies built and competed to lay the most track during the construction of the Transcontinental railroad.
What is Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Central Pacific Railroad Co.