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Inventor who invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor who invented the light bulb
Thomas Edison
Inventors who invented the airplane
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Founded the steel industry in Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Carnegie
Founded the Standard Oil Company to refine oil so that people could use it
John D. Rockefeller
What was steel used for?
To build bridges, automobiles, trains, railroads
It was much stronger than iron
What was oil used for?
Kerosene to light lamps, paint
What is a monopoly?
A company that has control of an entire industry (like the Standard Oil Company)
Where did most of the European immigrants enter the U.S.?
Ellis Island in New York City
Where did most of the Asian immigrants enter the U.S.?
Angel Island in California
What are some of the things that immigrants had to do or go through at Ellis Island?
Check for sickness and disease
Where they are going in the U.S.
Name
Can they speak English
What kids of jobs did immigrants work at here in the U.S.?
Farms
Factories
Mills
Food/restaurants
Railroad workers
Miners
What is a sweatshop?
Usually a factory or workshop where people work under very poor conditions.
Why were sweatshops and factories very dangerous?
They usually weren't very safe
Workers often got sick
Machines were very dangerous
What is child labor? How were they treated?
During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as four were employed in production factories with dangerous, and often fatal, working conditions
They were beaten and forced to work long hours.
What are labor unions?
Groups of people who helped to improve working conditions and to get paid more.
Who was the famous union leader who helped to improve working conditions?
Samuel Gompers
What is mechanization?
Using machines to do work
What were tenements? Describe their conditions.
Buildings divided into tiny rooms for an apartment.
Sometimes, they had no heat or air, no window, and no fire escapes.
Diseases spread rapidly.
What are some problems with growing cities?
Overcrowding (too many people)
Pollution
Dirty water and air
Overcrowded streets
Diseases
How were some problems of growing cities helped?
Organizations such as YMCA and Salvation Army
Settlement houses
Who was Jane Addams?
Started Hull House to help those people who needed it
Who was "Boss" William M. Tweed?
A political leader who bribed and cheated people out of money and stole millions of dollars from New York City.
What was the Great Migration?
1915-1940s - More than a million African-Americans moved north. There were many jobs available in factories in the North.
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
This amendment gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
Fought for Women's Rights
Who are immigrants?
People who move from one country to another.
What is a strike?
Workers refusing to work until an agreement is made, usually between a union and management.
What is urbanization?
Growth of cities and movement of people from rural to urban areas.