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