INNOVATION
What did Thomas Edison invent?
Light Bulb
Who had a "Rags to Riches" story
Andrew Carnegie
What are the three factors of production?
Land, Labor, Capitol
Name a push factor
Government repression, religious persecution, famine, etc.
Who was the first railroad baron?
Cornelious Vanderbilt
What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
The Telephone
What are the two types of Integration
Horizontal and Vertical
On average, factory workers in the 1900s worked ____ hour days, _____ days a week
12-hour days, 6 days a week
How long were the Chinese excluded from coming to America in the early 1900s
10 Years
"Black Gold" is a term to describe what type of resource
Oil
Who coined the term "Gilded Age"?
Mark Twain
What determines the price of goods in America?
Supply and Demand
What three things did unions fight for in the early 1900s
Better Pay, Shorter Hours, Safer Conditions
What is the name of the immigration center in New York
Ellis Island
The _____ steel process
What was the first steel cabled bridge built in New York?
Brooklyn Bridge
Before steel, Andrew Carnegie started working for what industry?
Railroads
What was the worst factory disaster in American History?
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
What was the name of the immigration center in San Francisco
Angel Island
Who founded the HULL house in Chicago
Jane Addams
Name the brothers of the first flight
Wright Brothers
What percent of the Oil industry did Rockefeller control?
90%
Name of the two major unions of the Gilded Age
AFL or KOL
How long was the journey from Europe to the US during the early 1900s
About a week
What type of building was the lowest level of living in cities?
Tenement Buildings