Titans of Industry
This man made his fortune in steel and promoted the "Gospel of Wealth."
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This inventor perfected the light bulb and created an entire electrical grid system.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This labor organization fought for an 8-hour workday and better conditions in the 19th century.
What is the Knights of Labor?
Immigrants from this region faced discrimination during the late 19th century.
What is Southern/Eastern Europe?
This movement aimed to ban alcohol in the US.
What is temperance?
He was the founder of Standard Oil and one of the wealthiest men in history.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This innovation connected the East and West coasts, revolutionizing transportation.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
The violent strike at this steel plant in 1892 highlighted the struggles of labor unions.
What is the Homestead Strike?
The processing center for European immigrants in New York Harbor?
What is Ellis Island?
This movement aimed to abolish slavery in the United States, with leaders like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.
What is the Abolition Movement?
This banker and financier dominated corporate finance and helped consolidate industries.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
This process made steel production faster and cheaper, spurring industrial growth.
What is the Bessemer Process?
This union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled laborers
What is the American Federation of Labor, or AFL?
This cramped, low-cost housing was common in overcrowded cities?
What are tenements?
President known for his conservation efforts.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The term for when a single company controls an entire industry.
What is a monopoly?
This communication device, invented by Samuel Morse, revolutionized long-distance messaging.
What is the telegraph?
Workers faced unsafe factories known by this term still used today.
What are sweatshops?
The movement to assimilate immigrants into American culture was called this.
What is Americanization?
This landmark book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry.
What is The Jungle?
This act attempted to break up monopolies and trusts in 1890.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Henry Ford’s innovation that allowed for mass production of goods.
What is the assembly line?
This 1886 event in Chicago turned public opinion against unions after a bombing.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
The 1882 law that barred immigration from a specific Asian country.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?