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Industry/Immigration

Honors- Industry/immigration

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True or False? Oil was always easily obtained. False. It was below the earth's surface. Before the steam drill, it was not practical.
WHat are uses for oil? Kerosene in lamps, gasoline for cars, though originally the settlers had little use for it.
What is tenement housing? multi-family apartments with poor sanitation.
Who was Edwin L. Drake? inventor of Steam Engine Oil Drill
Who was Christopher Sholes Invented the typewriter
Thomas Alva Edison?? Invented the incandescent lightbulb.
Why is steel superior to iron? Lighter, more flexible, rust-proof.
Who was the major oil tycoon? Carnegie
Who brought the Bessemer Process to America? Andrew Carnegie
Who did the typewriter/telephone influence and why? Brought women into the workforce by creating secretarial positions.
Who worked on the construction of the railroads? Irish immigrants, Chinese Immigrants and Civil War Vets
Who was George Pullman Produced luxury sleeper cars. He developed a company town for his workers. He had strict rules for living in the town and if you didn't follow those rules you would be fired.
Why were German immigrants more "desirable" than Latins? They were more caucasian (white) looking
What ws the Chinese Exclusion Act? banned Chinese immigrants from entering the US except for teachers, students, tourists
Jacob Reese took pictures of tenement housing that revealed? the unsanitary and cramped conditions of tenement housing.
Who was Thomas Byrnes? He was the first to use mugshots in detective work
What is a roughneck? construction worker on a skyscraper
What newspaper man helped raise money to put the Statue of Liberty back together? Joseph Pulitzer
Where was Lady Liberty from? France
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? 146 women died when a fire spread quickly throughout the factory. As a result, strict fire codes went into effect.
Who was Jane Addams? She opened a settlement house to help new immigrants.
What is a "Bird of Passage" an immigrant who does not intend on staying permanently in the US. They intend on making money and sending it back home.
Where did immigrants enter the US at the turn of the century? Angel and Ellis Island
Why is the Transcontinental RR important? It connected the east and west coast.
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust act? It made monopolies illegal.
Where di most immigrants come from in 1900? Europe
How did most immigrants arrive to the US? by steamship!
Why is America called the "Melting Pot"? it is a mixture of culture and races
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