Industrialist Giants
A Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. He led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
Andrew Carnegie
He invented the telegraph and the code is named after him
Samuel F. B. Morse
Enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never born arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
The Homestead Act
The belief that immigrants should not be allowed to come into the United States… Those who believed that way were called…
Nativist
Phrase coined by Mark Twain to describe the late 1800s. It described business, politics, immigration, etc.
Gilded Age
Known as the Commodore, his riches came from
shipping and railroads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Watson, come here I want you… those were the first words spoken on his invention, the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Prohibiting all immigration of Chinese. This was the first, and remains the only law implemented, to prevent members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating to the U.S.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Americans expected immigrants to become a part of the American society… This was called …
Assimilation
The combination of several companies in order to control an industry is…
Monopoly
An American business magnate and philanthropist. His Standard Oil company grew as he bought all of his competitors.
John D. Rockefeller
He invented the light bulb, the phonograph, moving pictures, and the industrial research lab.
Thomas Edison
Passed in 1862, authorized two railroad companies, Union Pacific and Central Pacific, to create a Transcontinental Railroad
Pacific Railway Act
Religious freedom, lighter hair, lighter eyes, Northern and Western Europe, Protestant…
Old Immigrants
His cartoons brought down Boss Tweed. He is the father of the symbols of the major parties
Thomas Nast
An American financier and investment banker. He eventually bought Carnegie's steel company and renamed it U.S. Steel.
J.P. Morgan
Rival of Edison. Worked for the Westinghouse Electric Company. Advocated AC electricity. Elon Musk decided to name electric cars after him.
Nikola Tesla
Regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. It authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into allotments for Native American heads of families and individuals.
The Dawes Act
Catholic, Eastern or Southern Europe, darker hair, eyes, skin. Economic Opportunity
New Immigrants
Led by Boss Tweed, this political machine controlled much of NYC in the late 1800s
Tammany Hall
An American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Madam C.J. Walker
Developed new process to cheaply mass produce steel
Henry Bessemer
After the assassination of President Garfield, Congress passed this act to bring about Civil Service reform
The Pendleton Act
_____ on the East Coast screened and processed immigrants from Europe while _____ on the West Coast often screened and processed those from Asia
Ellis Island and Angel Island
Scandal of a phony construction company for Union Pacific Railroad that scammed taxpayers and bribed politicians.
Credit Mobilier