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Industrial Revolution & Immigration
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Social Studies
5th Grade
11/10/2011

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Andrew Carnegie
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Mass produced steel at a low cost
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Thomas Edison
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Had several inventions such as the electric light bulb and phonograph
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Angel Island
Definition
Asian immigrants stopped here when they came to the United States
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Samuel Gompers
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Founded the American Federation of Labor
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John D. Rockefeller
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Started Standard Oil Company
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Prejudice
Definition
Negative opinion about a group of people
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The Wright Brothers
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Invented the first airplane
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Homestead Steel Works
Definition
Unlike most strikes, a strike at this factory turned violent
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Monopoly
Definition
When a company has control of an entire industry
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Triangle Shirtwaist Company
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A fire here led to an uproar of factory conditions in the early 1900s
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immigrant
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A person who travels to another country to live
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Alexander Graham Bell
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invented a new form of communication
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Kitty Hawk, NC
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This beach location was good for testing the glider and airplane
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Ellis Island
Definition
European immigrants stopped here when they came to the United States
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Strkie
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When workers refuse to work to try to force a business to meet their demands
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Labor Union
Definition
Workers joining together to get improved working conditions and better pay
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