ryan social studies

workers refusing to work until employers met their demands

a person who sets up and runs a business

very tall buildings

a group of workers that join together yo improve working conditions

an economic system in which people are free to start and run their own business with limited government control

poorly built apartment buildings

government controls placed to limit immigration

this allows workers to discuss and agree on working conditions

a public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity

the immigrant who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

an engineer who believed in the idea of building the transcontinental railroad

Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker

built oil refineries and owned the Standard Oil Company

used steel cables and beams to build suspended bridges

labor leader who helped start the AFL [American Federation of Labor]

invented the telephone

built steel mills and became very wealthy

used steel frames to construct much larger buildings

which two immigrant groups were used to help build the Transcontinental Railroad

what did the United States Government do to speed up work on the transcontinental railroad

why was the transcontinental railroad so important

list at least two people in chapter five who best fit the description for entrepreneur

which inventor was responsible for inventions that made electricity available to the nations homes and factories

how did advertisement increase immigration to the United States

after arriving in the United States where did most immigrants settle

where did most immigrants live in the late 1800s and early 1900s

what did Jane Addams do

what is a settlement house?

explain the great migration