Inventions
This inventor created the light bulb.
Thomas Edison
This railroad connected the East Coast to the West Coast.
Transcontinental Railroad
This term describes wealthy businessmen who used unfair practices to get rich.
Robber Baron
Why did European Immigrants come to the U.S.?
This is when workers stop working to protest conditions.
Labor Strike
This invention allowed people to speak to each other over long distances.
the telephone
Name one mountain range the railroad ran through.
Rockies & Sierra Nevadas
This oil tycoon controlled Standard Oil.
Standard Oil
Why did CHINESE immigrants come to the U.S.?
Gold Rush & Railroad
This describes when a company employs an underage person
Child Labor
This invention helped mass-produce steel and made it cheaper.
Bessemer Process
These two companies built the railroad from opposite directions.
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
This steel industry leader built one of the largest steel companies.
Andrew Carnegie
This place in New York was where many immigrants were processed.
Ellis Island
What is one reason employees may go on strike?
poor conditions, low pay, long hours
This inventor created the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
This group of workers, immigrants, helped build the western portion of the railroad.
Chinese Immigrants
This railroad owner was known for controlling large parts of the railroad industry.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
This term describes the idea that Americans should favor native-born citizens over immigrants.
Nativism
This book written by Upton Sinclair exposed health violations & unsanitary conditions
The Jungle
This person is credited with developing and proving the germ theory of disease in the 1860s
Louis Pastuer
Name two major impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad on the U.S.
faster travel, increased trade, or westward expansion
This term describes when a company controls the majority of the market
Monopoly
These immigrants came mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe.
New Immigrants
Workers formed these groups to fight for better wages and conditions.
Labor Unions