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People
Inventions
Dates
100
They are people who buy and sell goods to make money.
Who are merchants?
100
He is the rich owner of the monopoly Carnegie Steel.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
100
It is a device made by Edison that emits light through a chemical reaction.
What is the light bulb?
100

what happenedAt the turn of the 19th century.

When was America mainly an agricultural nation?

200
They are people who want to do away with all government.
Who are anarchists?
200
He is the owner of the Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
200
It is a device made by Bell that relays voice messages through a wire.
What is the telephone?
200

what happened1880

When was 3/4 of the steel produced in the US used for railroads?

300
It is a crowded apartment building.
What is a tenement?
300
He is a famous inventor who invented the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Alva Edison?
300
It is a device made by Edison that records sound.
What is the phonograph?
300

what happened In 1879.

When was the light bulb perfected?

400
It is a program of government ownership and regulation of certain businesses,such as railroads
What is socialism?
400
He is a rich giant in the shipping industry. He bought over all the railroads to standardize the gauge and make the transcontinental railroad.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
400
The stock ticker is a device made by Edison that tracks a stock's rise or fall in the economic market.
What is the stock ticker?
400

what happened On May 4th, 1886.

When was Chicago's Haymarket riot?

500
It is an organized group within a political party that is strong enough to control the party.
What is the political machine?
500
He is the leader of a corrupt political organization called Tammany Hall.
Who is William Marcy Tweed?
500
It is an oven made by Bessemer that removes the impurities from iron to make steel.
What is Bessemer's oven?
500

what happened From 1860 to 1870.

When was Tammany Hall in full power?