industrialization
What major invention connected the East and West?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
What was a common reason immigrants came to the U.S.?
What is to escape famine, disease, and persecution?
What act provided land to settlers in the West?
What is the Homestead Act?
What was a political machine?
It was a group that helped politicians stay in power by giving jobs and favors to people who voted for them.
Who invented the light bulb?
Who is Thomas Edison?
What process made steel production faster?
What is the Bessemer Process?
Where did most immigrants come from before 1880?
What is Ireland? (Or China)
What practice hurt farmers financially in the 1880s?
What is unfair railroad practices?
How did political machines operate?
What is by providing services in exchange for votes?
What did the Bessemer Process produce?
What is steel?
Who was a key figure in the oil industry?
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
What is it banned Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S.?
What movement emerged from farmers' struggles?
What is the Grange Movement?
What was the Grange Movement?
What is a political movement formed by farmers to demand regulation?
What new form of energy became widely used?
What is electricity?
What invention revolutionized communication?
What is the telephone?
What is nativism?
What is the belief that native-born Americans should have priority over immigrants?
What was a major factor in the growth of the cattle industry?
What is the increase in population leading to higher demand for beef?
What was a significant outcome of the Indian Wars?
What is the forced relocation of American Indians to reservations?
Name one impact of electricity on everyday life.
What is powering homes and businesses?
What was the impact of industrialization on cities?
What is urban overcrowding and poor working conditions?
How did immigrants contribute to the labor force?
What is providing cheap labor for factories and construction?
How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect markets?
What is it allowed goods to be transported across the country more efficiently?
What was the Dawes Act?
What is legislation aimed at assimilating American Indians into U.S. culture by allotting land?
What role did telecommunications play in business?
What is it allowed faster communication between businesses and customers?