who successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil?
100
Transcontinental Railraod
A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869
100
Andrew Carnegie
Who worked his way up to become private secretary to the local superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad?
100
Ellis Island
what was the entry point for immigrants on the eastcoast?
100
urbanization
this word means growth of cities
200
Bessemer process
What was developed independently by the British manufacturer Henry Bessemer and American ironmaker William Kelly around 1850?
200
George M. Pullman
Who built a factor for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars on the Illinois prairie?
200
Social Darwinism
What philosophy grew out of the English naturalist Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution?
200
Melting Pot
what is a mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together?
200
tenements
what is a multifamily urban dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary?
300
Thomas Alva Edison
Who became a pioneer on the new industrial frontier when he established the worlds first research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey?
300
Credit Mobilier
what construction company was formed in 1864 by owners of the Union Pacific Railroad?
300
John D. Rockefeller
Who established the Standard Oil Company?
300
Chinese Exclusion Act
this act banned entry to all chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials
300
mass transit
what transportation system was designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes, enabled workers to go to and from jobs more easily?
400
Christopher Sholes
Who invented the typewriter?
400
Interstate Commerce
what act established the right of the federal gov. to supervise railroad activities and established a five-member interstate commerce commission(ICC) for that purpose?
400
Samuel Gompers
Who led the Cigar Makers' interantional Union to join with other craft unions in 1866?
400
Gentlemens agreement
an agreement by the gov. of japan to limit japanese emigration to the US
400
Social Gospel Movement
an early reform program that preached salvation through service to the poor
500
Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented the telephone?
500
consolidation
What was the act of uniting or combining?
500
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
what is an alliance of trade and craft unions, formed in 1886?
500
nativism
this gave rise to anti-immigrant groups and led to a demmand for immigration restrictions
500
Settlement houses
what are the community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to the people in the area, especially immigrants?