People
The greatest US inventor, he invented the phonograph and the incandescent lightbulb.
Thomas Edison
This vocabulary term relates to the width of railroad tracks.
gauge
This law was passed by Congress to stop the formation of "Trusts".
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What was the largest single group of people that came to the US in the period of 1890-1914? What country were they from?
Italians, Italy
America's economic system has this name.
Capitalism
A tent maker in California, he got the idea of using denim fabric with rivets on stress points to make "blue jeans".
Levi Strauss
By forcing his rivals out of business and buying large sections of railroads, he built a "Railroad Empire" in the US.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What is a "sole proprietorship"?
A business that has only one owner.
Where were most of the immigrants that came to the US "registered"?
Ellis Island in New York Harbor
The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged many Americans to do what?
Move west
A "Robber Baron", he made his millions in the Oil industry.
John D. Rockefeller
Name the two railroad lines that were given the task of creating a Continental Railroad.
1. The Union Pacific Railroad
2. The Central Pacific Railroad
This philosophy adapts the "Law of the Jungle" to business, stating that "only the strong survive".
Social Darwinism
This city in New England, saw many Irish immigrants settler there.
Boston, MA
What current state was the last major land acquisition of the US?
We bought it from Russia.
Alaska
A "Robber Baron", he made his fortune in the railroad industry.
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
Where did the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific meet and establish the Continental Railroad?
Promontory Point, Utah
Corporations made money to start up their businesses by selling ...
Stock
What country was "The Exclusion Act of 1882" directed at?
China
What was the biggest factor in the population grown experienced by the US in the 1800s?
Immigration
This "Robber Baron" made his fortune in the steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
What was the biggest problem for the Central Pacific Line in their part of building the Continental Railroad?
Crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
Which man formed the first "Trust" in the United States?
John D. Rockefeller
What caused many Irish immigrants to come to the US in the 1800s?
A potato "blight" (disease) that caused a great famine in the country
Name the three types of fuel sources that would help the US develop it's power resources?
Oil
Coal
Water