Inventions of the Late 1800s
What are the two inventions that had the BIGGEST impact on everyday American life?
The light bulb and the telephone
European immigrants in the early 1900s most came from these two regions of Europe
What are eastern and southern Europe?
This man created an oil monopoly, His company was called Standard Oil
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
What were laws that allowed separate schools, hospitals and graveyards for African-Americans and denied them many jobs?
What is segregation laws?
Really tall building made of steel that allowed the growth of US cities
What is a skyscraper?
Who was the inventor of the light bulb?
Need his first and last name
Who was Thomas Edison
What were reasons people from Europe immigrated to the US - Need to provide two reasons
Religious Freedom
War
Poor Farming
Discrimination
Better Opportunity in the USA
This man created steel monopoly, His company was called US Steel
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
What was the Supreme Court case allowed segregation?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
When a country increases its military to scare its neighbors and get its way, is known as this.
What is militarism?
Who was the inventor of the telephone?
Need his complete name
Alexander Graham Bell
The main immigration station in New York City
What is Ellis Island?
Low wages, unsafe conditions, long hours, no over time or vacation pay, was found in these types of buildings.
What is a factory?
The popular civil rights leader for wanted to advance African-American with better jobs, then ask for equal rights.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
When a country takes over another nation to get raw materials and start colonies.
What is imperialism?
He used the conveyor belt and assembly line to mass produce cars.
Need first and last name
Who was Henry Ford
Immigration station in California where Chinese and Japanese people were held like prisoners
What is Angel Island?
President who worked to break up big business and to create fair prices and competition.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The civil rights leader who wanted to African-Americans to have IMMEDIATE equal rights.
Who was W. E. B Dubois?
System of government where the government owns all the businesses and the citizens have few rights.
What is communism?
Who invented the phonograph?
Need first and last name
Who is Thomas Edison
The first immigration law passed by Congress, banned immigration from China for 10 years, and did not allow the Chinese living here to become US citizens. Lasted until 1945
What is Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
What are causes that Carnegie and Rockefeller gave most of their money to later in life?
Need to provide two examples
Libraries, Colleges, Museums, and Churches
The nation's oldest Civil Rights organization, started by Dubois and Jane Addams and is still around today.
What is the NAACP?
A single company gaining exclusive control over a market, product, or service, allowing it to dictate prices, stifle competition, and often lead to abuses like high prices or poor quality.
What is a monopoly?