Industrial America
Immigration
Robber Baron or Captain of Industry (rich people)
Hawaii
Alaska
100
Approximately 60% of Americans were living in these places at the end of the 19th century, leaving their farms to find work in factories.
What are cities?
100
Millions of immigrants were now coming from these regions of Europe to American cities.
What are Eastern and Southern Europe?
100
US Steel, Scottish immigrant, "smooth operator", super wealthy but donated much of his wealth to charity. He also liked to ride his horse to the Bronx from Manhattan.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
100
This cash crop was brought to Hawaii by American businesspeople in the early 1800s because Christian missionaries told them how well it could grow in that climate.
What is sugar?
100
The United States purchased Alaska from this empire in 1867.
What is the Russian Empire?
200
As cities grew and technology advanced, these massively tall buildings were built in major cities by these new immigrants. 
What are skyscrapers?
200
The religion of many of these new European immigrants were these two.
What are Roman Catholic and Jewish?
200
This industrial tycoon was the founder of Standard Oil and the first American billionaire.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
200
Hawaii had large populations of immigrants from these two places, to work on the sugar plantations owned by white American businessmen.
Where were China and Japan?
200
True or False William Seward (the Secretary of State who pursued buying Alaska) was heavily criticized for
What is true?
300
These laborers were paid the least in very dangerous conditions.
Who were children?
300
Most immigrants coming to the United States between 1880-1920 did not speak English when they first arrived here.
What is true?
300
This railroad tycoon also owned many banks and forced the smaller railroads to allow him to buy them out.
Who was J.P. Morgan?
300
Hawaii was only allowed to sell their sugar to this country.
What is the United States?
300
This natural resource which was now incredibly valuable was found in large amounts in Alaska.
What is oil?
400
More and more of these were built to further connect the entire United States during this time period.
What are railroads?
400
New immigrants coming into New York would be processed here.
What is Ellis Island?
400
He was a self-made steamship and railway business tycoon of the 19th century. He donated money to create a university in Nashville after the Civil War.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
400
This president vetoed the annexation of Hawaii because he thought the Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani was wrongly deposed by the United States government.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
400
These people were the original settlers and inhabitants of Alaska (and still are).
Who are indigenous peoples?
500
The majority of the factories in the United States in the 1800s were located in this region of the country (New Jersey is part of this).
What is the Northeast?
500
New immigrants coming into the San Francisco Bay Area at this time would be processed here.
What is Angel Island?
500
This is the industry today that has the wealthiest people in the world.
What is the tech industry?
500
This president was in favor of annexation and finally had it passed after the Spanish American War.
Who was William McKinley?
500
Alaska directly borders this country.
What is Canada?