Inventors
what is Thomas Edison
what is children
Connected the east and the west
what is the transcontinental railroad
System in which society's economy is based on machines and factories
what did the statue of liberty represent?
what is freedom and opportunity
invented the airplane
what is the wright brothers
what was negative impacts of the transcontinental railroad
what is it harmed the environment and displaced Native Americans
In order to lay tracks, workers had to cut through the _________.
an organization formed by workers to win and protect workers' rights
what is a union
what place processed a large number of immigrants
What is Ellis Island
Who worked in agriculture and invented objects using crops?
what is George Washington Carver
what was a positive impact of industrialization?
what is created new jobs
Who worked on the railroad
money or resources used to produce goods and services
what is capital
Why did immigrants come to America?
what is jobs and opportunity
who invented the telephone?
what is Alexander Graham Bell
Cities grew mainly because of _________
New industries (factories)
Once the railroads were built, they helped industries by moving what?
what is raw materials
an apartment building, usually located in a city and meeting only minimum safety standards
what is tenement
Why did people move from farms to the cities?
To live in apartments and have jobs close to them
who invented the assembly line?
what is Henry Ford
Why did workers form unions?
what is to improve pay and for safer work conditons
what natural resources was found that was used for trains?
iron for steel and coal to power the engines
total control of an industry and can raise prices on goods
what is a monopoly
What was the poem The New Colossus about?
what is welcoming immigrants to the land of freedom and opportunity