Automobiles/Planes
Created by the Wright Brothers, gave people the ability to travel long distances
Airplane
Immigration Act of 1924
Poorly built one-room apartments that housed multiple immigrant families, unsanitary and unsafe
Tenements
Why are monopolies bad for the consumer?
They can raise the prices
Manmade waterways usually connecting major bodies of water that had been previously separated by land
Canals
Increases the production of goods and decreases the price of goods
Mass Production
Island in New York that processed immigrants from Europe
Ellis Island
Island in California that processed Asian immigrants
Angel Island
Market system in which there is only one maker of a product, eliminates competition
Monopoly
Enabled factory work to continue after sunset
Light Bulb
Employees stay in one spot and perform the same task over and over again
Assembly Line
Poorly lit and unsafe buildings, in which immigrants worked long hours for little pay
Sweatshops
148 died in a Manhattan Sweatshop in 1911, led to fire safety laws
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Act to get rid of monopolies
Sherman Antitrust Act
What was the score of the BTW and Cohen football game last night?
51-8
First to mass-produce cars
Henry Ford
Idea that Us mixes immigrant and native groups well
Melting Pot
Many different cultures within one society
Cultural Pluralism or Salad Bowl
Business arrangement under which some companies unite into one system, eliminates competition
Trust
What are two monopolies in your home?
Electricity and Water
First car mass produced by Henry Ford
Model T
The rich should not help the poor too much, natural selection
Social Darwinism
Founded by Jane Addams, served as a place that poor immigrants and workers could get much-needed help
Hull House
Thin layer of prosperity for rich people, covered up the corruption and poverty that most Americans lived
Glided Age
What electric company has an monopoly in Louisiana?
Entergy