Immigration
Define Immiration
(Definition)
The Central Pacific Railroad relied on _________ laborers to help build the transcontinental railroad.
Chinese
a one-owner business
______________invented air brakes for trains
George Westinghouse
A group of people who campaign for worker's rights
A Union
Ellis Island, just outside of ________, was an important entry station for immigrants.
New York
The first transcontinental railroad was completed when its eastern and western sections were united in ______________.
Promontory Utah
business owned by two or more people
Partnership
proved that a large high-quality railroad could be built using only private funds
James J. Hill
a group of local unions composed of skilled laborers
American Federation of Labor
A potato blight caused many __________ to immigrate to the United States in the mid-1800s.
Irish
a transcontinental line built in the northern United States and Canada
Great Northern Railroad
formed when a business gains investors by selling stock
corporation
___________ built a railroad empire
Cornelius Vanderbilt
an older union open to all workers
Knights of Labor
The Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed to stem the tide of _________ immigrants.
Chinese
Long-distance travel in the East became difficult before the Civil War because __________________________.
The railroads were not connected/ had a different gauge.
focus on money and possessions
materialism
__________invented the light bulb
Thomas Edison
When union members get together to negotiate a contract with a business
Collective Barganing
The Union Pacific Railroad was mostly built by these immigrants.
Irish
built in the 1860s by Irish workers and war veterans
Union Pacific railroad
In this economic situation, people are free to invest and make profits.
capitalism
___________ invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
The bill passed by congress to stop monopolies from forming
Sherman Anti Trust Act