Turn of the 20th Century
Immigration processing center that opened in New York Harbor in 1892.
Ellis Island
DAILY DOUBLE: Oil tycoon; founder of standard oil. Pioneered the concepts of vertical and horizontal integration.
John D. Rockefeller
One company has complete control of a commodity or service
Monopoly
DAILY DOUBLE: Describe a significant contribution that Alexander Graham Bell made to the Industrial Revolution:
Invented/Patented the telephone
Formally abolished slavery in America.
13th Amendment
Immigration station on the west coast; Mostly Asian immigrants passed through here.
Angel island
Steel business; gave away $350 million to charity.
Andrew Carnegie
Companies conduct business without government intervention.
Laissez-faire Capitalism
Perfected the assembly line; massed produced the first car as a result (Model T)
Henry Ford
DAILY DOUBLE: Cannot be denied the right based on race.
15th Amendment
DAILY DOUBLE: Law that did not allow Chinese Immigration for 10 years.
Chinese Exclusion Act
1st railroad tycoon.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Belief that "survival of the fittest" benefited society.
Social Darwinism
Responsible for 1st practical incandescent light bulb
Thomas Edison
Equal citizenship amendment.
14th Amendment
Prevented "unskilled" Japanese workers from coming to the U.S.
Gentlemen's Agreement
Public transportation designed to carry large numbers of people and make regular stops along established routes
Mass Transit
Formed in response to the difficult working conditions that unskilled laborers faced. Demanded fair wages and less hours.
Labor Unions
Describe a significant contribution that Samuel Morse made to the Industrial Revolution:
Telegraph
Group of white southerners who terrorized African Americans and whites who were loyal to the U.S. government.
Ku Klux Klan
Native born Americans who opposed immigration:
Nativist
1st federal law committed to ending trusts and monopolies.
Sherman Antitrust Act
DAILY DOUBLE: Competition determines prices and wages.
Capitalism
Invented the Alternating Current for electricity
Nikola Tesla
Members of Congress who favored strict Reconstruction programs before allowing the South to rejoin the Union.
Radical Republicans