American Industry
American innovation
Labor and Unions
Immigrants
Mix It Up
100
This form of transportation greatly increased the demand for steel, coal, and lumber after the Civil War.
What are railroads?
100
This invention made long-distance communication much faster in the 1800s.
What is the telegraph?
100
This kind of union is formed to improve working conditions and raise wages.
What is a labor union?
100
European immigrants were mainly processed at this New York location upon arrival.
What is Ellis Island?
100
Why were immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late 19th century welcomed by industrialists?
They were willing to work for lower wages than most other workers.
200
He used horizontal integration to dominate the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
200
Alexander Graham Bell’s invention made it more efficient for people to talk across distances.
What is the telephone?
200
The American Federation of Labor’s main goal was to do this for its members.
What is improve working conditions and wages?
200
Asian immigrants, including many Chinese, were processed at this California island.
What is Angel Island?
200
How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to American society?
He produced steel at lower prices, making it possible to expand railroad lines and to construct bridges.
300
This business strategy involves controlling all steps of production, from raw materials to finished goods.
What is vertical integration?
300
The spread of railroads helped this industry the most.
What is the steel industry?
300
This group of workers often faced unsafe conditions and low pay, leading them to form unions.
Who are factory workers?
300
These two types of factors are reasons why people leave their home countries and reasons why they are attracted to a new country.
What are push and pull factors?
300
What does this cartoon represent?
The growth of industry gave too much power to big business owners like Rockefeller.
400
He led the steel industry by using vertical integration.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
400
The invention of this by Thomas Edison extended working hours into the night.
What is the electric light bulb?
400
This is the process by which unions and employers negotiate over wages, hours, and working conditions.
What is collective bargaining?
What is collective bargaining?
400
New immigrants contributed to American culture by bringing these three things.
What are languages, foods, and traditions?
400
How were Americans influenced by the growth of railroads?
They led to the growth of cities, settlement of the West, and creation of a national market.
500
This type of integration involves buying up competitors in the same industry.
What is horizontal integration?
500
True or False: Railroads had little effect on industries other than transportation.
What is False?
500
He was the founder and longtime leader of the American Federation of Labor.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
Who is Samuel Gompers?
500
This feeling of strong loyalty to one’s country sometimes led Americans to oppose immigration, especially when they believed immigrants were causing economic problems.
What is nationalism?
500
What does this photograph say about immigrants?
Immigrants arrived with their families with the intention of remaining here.