Vocab
What is another word for limited?
Restricted
Who did the 19th amendment help with?
It guaranteed women the right to vote.
Who created the first plane?
The Wright brothers
Did both of the Northern and Southern states have economic based on agriculture?
Yes, but the sectional differences were still developing.
Where did most immigrants land?
New York.
What is it called when you send/communicate?
Transmit
How did muckrakers corrupt businesses in progressive?
They wrote books and journaled exposing the corruption.
What code was created in 1844?
Morse code was created in 1844
What did the United States shift from after farming?
Industry.
What were most of the newcomers?
Catholic.
What is the practice of combining separate companies mean?
Consolidation
What was another target of reformers?
Unfair business competition.
What did assembly lines help with?
Assembly lines made making objects easier than normal.
What was oil sometimes used for?
Medicine.
What were three places immigrants landed?
New York, Washington, and Tennessee.
What is a machine that reproduces sound from a recording?
A phonograph
Who won the presidential election in 1908? (Full Name)
William Howard Taft.
What were the people called that controlled the nation's rail traffic?
They were called railroad barons.
Who funded the buildings of more than 2,000 libraries?
Carnegie.
Why did people leave their homes?
Bad governments or bad countries.
What is a slender object in an incandescent light bulb that glows when an electric current is passed through it?
A filament
Who was assassinated in 1900 after winning reelection? (Full Name)
President William McKinley.
What invention made the southern economy more dependent on cash crops?
The cotton gin
Where did Edwin L. Drake drill a well?
Titusville, Pennsylvania.
When did large groups of immigrants come to the United States?
1800s.