People
He founded Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
The NYC arrival port for immigrants, 1892.
Ellis Island
He invented air brakes for trains, and was the chief competition for Thomas Edison.
George Westinghouse
He was president at the end of the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson
This city was the first to be "electrified" by Thomas Edison.
NYC
He was the first to patent the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
The San Francisco entry point for immigrants, 1905
Angel Island
Time Zones were created by these.
Railroad companies.
He was the second president to be assassinated.
James Garfield
The northernmost point of the Appalachian mountains are in this state.
Maine
He was the first to industrialize electricity.
Thomas Edison
This was the origin of most immigrants to the U.S. in the 1890s
Southern/Eastern Europe
He was the inventor of Radio.
Guglielmo Marconi
He was president when oil was discovered for the first time.
James Buchanan
The Mississippi River begins in this state.
Minnesota
He wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
This immigrant group was discriminated against most, 1890s
Asians
This completely transformed building methods and urban skylines all over the U.S.
Steel
He was president when the Transcontinental Railroad was begun.
Abraham Lincoln
The longest river in the U.S. is this.
Missouri River
He wrote The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
This state was the location of the frist discovery of oil, 1859
Pennsylvania
This was the greatest public engineering achievement of the 19th century
The Transcontinental Railroad
He was president when the transcontinental railroad was completed.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in this state.
Utah