Innovations
This technology, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, allowed people to transmit their voices through metal wires.
The Telephone
This was a landing spot for many immigrants who came over from Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Ellis Island
The name given to economic leaders who innovate and create employment opportunities for many
Captain of Industry
A right given to women during the Progressive Era
Suffrage (voting)
In what city was the Triangle Shirtwaist factory?
NYC
Edwin Drake popularized this method of resource extraction.
Oil drilling
This mode of transportation was used by the vast majority of European immigrants to reach the United States
Steamships
The name given to business leaders who are seen as selfish or ruthless
Robber Barons
Progressive journalists
Muckrakers
The workers of the The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory were predominantly immigrants of two different backgrounds. Identify either of these backgrounds
Italian or Jewish
This method of production made is much easier to produce cost effective steel
The Bessemer Process
This location was where many immigrants were processed, and many denied, on the West Coast
Angel Island
When one company controls an entire industry
Monopoly
A major advocate for conservation, who helped inspire Teddy Roosevelt to create national parks
John Muir
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire highlighted many issues that came along with the rapid expansion of cities. What is this expansion of cities also known as?
Urbanization
The Brooklyn Bridge
A sort of prejudice which refers to a strong preference for non-immigrants
Nativism
An economic attitude that favors little to no government interference in the economy
Laissez-faire Captalism
The last of the Progressive Presidents
Woodrow Wilson
What new technology, which had allowed buildings to grow vertically in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, collapsed during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
Elevator
He invented a filament which improved upon Thomas Edison's earlier lightbulb design
Lewis Latimer
The law drastically reduce the number of immigrants to America from East Asia
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Horizontal Integration
A muckraker who wrote about the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair
What year did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire occur?
1911