Inventions
The inventor of the lightbulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
The amount of "companies" that were working on the Transcontinental Railroad.
The city that the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire took place in.
Where is New York City?
A group of workers organized to protect the interests of its members.
What is a union?
The mayor of Greenfield.
Who is Guy Titus?
A method of steelmaking invented in 1855 that enabled steel to be made more cheaply and quickly.
What is the Bessemer Process?
Who are Chinese immigrants?
People inside the building were doing this to flee from the building fire.
What is jumping?
Fill in the blank: Children earned ____ money than adults in a labor workplace around the time of the turn of the 20th century.
What is less?
William Tweed's nickname.
What is Boss?
The year the iPhone 1 was invented.
What is 2007?
The ceremonial gesture that finished the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
What is a golden spike driven into the railway?
The direction that the factory doors opened.
What is in or inside?
A labor action in which workers refuse to go to work.
What is a strike?
The CEO of Tesla, a modern day "Captain of Industry" according to some.
Who is Elon Musk?
The inventor of the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
The president that signed the Pacific Railway Act in 1862, directing construction of railway and telegraph lines from the River to the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The university which now owns the building that the Triangle Shirtwaist fire took place in.
What is New York University?
Average pay per day of a labor worker around the time of the turn of the 20th century
The 3 big businessmen who are debated as being either "Robber Barons" or "Captains of Industry."
Who are Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt?
The modern cooking appliance invented in 2006.
What is the air fryer?
The names of the companies that worked on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who are the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company?
The year that the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire took place in.
What is 1911?
What is tuberculosis?
The 44th President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?