Inventions
Transcontinental Railroad
Robber Barons
Immigration
Labor & Strikes
100

This inventor created the light bulb.

Thomas Edison

100

This railroad connected the East Coast to the West Coast.

Transcontinental Railroad

100

This term describes wealthy businessmen who used unfair practices to get rich.

Robber Baron

100

Why did European Immigrants come to the U.S.? 

Economic opportunity/looking for a better life
100

This is when workers stop working to protest conditions.

Labor Strike

200

This invention allowed people to speak to each other over long distances.

the telephone

200

Name one mountain range the railroad ran through.

Rockies & Sierra Nevadas

200

This oil tycoon controlled Standard Oil.

Standard Oil

200

Why did CHINESE immigrants come to the U.S.? 

Gold Rush & Railroad

200

This describes when a company employs an underage person

Child Labor

300

This invention helped mass-produce steel and made it cheaper.

Bessemer Process

300

These two companies built the railroad from opposite directions.

Union Pacific and Central Pacific

300

This steel industry leader built one of the largest steel companies.

Andrew Carnegie

300

This place in New York was where many immigrants were processed.

Ellis Island

300

What is one reason employees may go on strike? 

poor conditions, low pay, long hours

400

This inventor created the telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell

400

This group of workers, immigrants, helped build the western portion of the railroad.

Chinese Immigrants

400

This railroad owner was known for controlling large parts of the railroad industry.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

400

This term describes the idea that Americans should favor native-born citizens over immigrants.

Nativism

400

This book written by Upton Sinclair exposed health violations & unsanitary conditions 

The Jungle

500

This person is credited with developing and proving the germ theory of disease in the 1860s

Louis Pastuer

500

Name two major impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad on the U.S.

 faster travel, increased trade, or westward expansion

500

This term describes when a company controls the majority of the market

Monopoly

500

These immigrants came mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe.

New Immigrants

500

Workers formed these groups to fight for better wages and conditions.

Labor Unions