Immigration
Point of entry into the United States for immigrants coming from Europe.
What is Ellis Island
When one company dominates an entire industry or product.
What is Monopoly
Invented the first functioning plane.
Who are the Wright Bros
Gave free land to settlers who moved west.
What is the Homestead Act
Point of entry into the U.S. for Asian immigrants. Took weeks or months to be process.
What is the Angel Island?
Built upward. Tall buildings. Enabled cities to have large populations.
What are skyscrapers?
He had an oil monopoly. Founded the company Standard Oil.
Who is Rockefeller
One of America's most famous inventors (lightbulb, phonograph, etc)
Who is Edison
People of all different nationalities blended to create a single culture.
What is a Melting Pot?
A process where a minority group or individual adopts the values, behaviors, language, and customs of a dominant culture, eventually becoming socially indistinguishable from the majority
What is Americanization/Assimilation
Moving from an agricultural area to a city.
(______ to _______)
Who are rural-to-urban migrants?
Scottish born immigrant who had a steel monopoly.
Who is Carnegie
Invented the telephone.
Who is Bell
This act prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the United States, and forbade the naturalization of Chinese residents.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
What was the main pull factor that drew immigrants into cities?
Availability of jobs
He had a railroad and shipping monopoly.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
Famous for his Model T and the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford
"Survival of the fittest"
What is social darwinism
Term for anti-immigration feelings held by some Americans during the Gilded Age.
What is nativism?
He dominated the world of banking and finance.
Who is JP Morgan
This invention enabled a 24/7 work cycle.
What is the lightbulb.
Process that made manufacturing steel cheaper and faster.