Industrialization
How did the growth of railroads change American Society?
Railroads made transportation and communication across the country easier.
a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry (aka: magnate)
Tycoon or Robber Baron
Where were European immigrants greeted when they reached America?
Ellis Island
Process of making things faster. Ford used this to build cars. Today this process is used to make everything from Coffee to toys.
Mass Production
Name for a group of people who shared a common language and traditions who lived together when they immigrated to America.
Ethnic Groups
Why did union labor workers feel the need to go on strike?
They wanted less work and more pay.
several businesses merged into one (with investors called stockholders)
Corporation/Large Business
Which Coast did Asian-American immigrants enter the country?
West
complete control over a product or service
monopoly
Name of the railroad line that contented the east and west railroads.
The Transcontinental Railroad (Trans means across)
Name one invention from this time period.
light bulb, Tesla Coil, Airplane, motion pictures, telegraph, telephone...
Organization of workers with the same trade or skill formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions
Union
Where did the majority of new immigrants live?
Cities
Coin termed by Mark Twain; period from 1870s - 1890s, businesses grew at a rapid rate and many problems lied below perceived prosperity
Gilded Age
Where did most immigrants to the United States come from starting in the late 20th century?
North and South America?
The American Dream
A house, job, spouse, 2 1/2 kids
March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside locked exit doors; nearly 50 ended up jumping to their death; while 100 died inside the factory; led to the establishment of many factory reforms, including increasing safety building codes
Triangle Shirt waste Factory.
Where did the new immigrants come from?
Immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe
The time after the Gilded Age when society started to change for the better
Progressive Era
Name of dangerous factories garment workers worked in.
Sweat Shops
Name an invention from the time period. What effect did it have on the people living in that time period?
Made life better with small changes that improved living conditions.
Famous Book that described the conditions of the working class.
The Jungle
Name three challenges new immigrants faced.
racism, did not speak the language, only had the things they brought.
Name one of the U.S. presidents from the Gilded Age
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley
What university is named after a Captain of Industry?
Vanderbuilt