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Industrial Revolution & Immigration Unit Test
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Social Studies
5th Grade
11/14/2011

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Thomas Edison
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invented the electric lightbulb
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Alexander Graham Bell
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invented the telephone, much quicker than the telegraph
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Light Bulb
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*Made work in factories safer
*Safer way to light up homes
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Wright Brothers
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Opened a new area of travel with the airplane
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John D. Rockefeller
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Founded Standard Oil
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Steel
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Used to build skyscrapers, bridges, and railroad tracks
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Immigrants lived in neighborhoods with those from their home country
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Made the transition to a new country easier
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Angel Island
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*Welcomed Asian immigrants
*Chinese immigrants were limited
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Most strikes were settled
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peacefully
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Ellis Island
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*European immigrants
*Near Statue of Liberty
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Strike
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Workers refused to work
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Triangle Shirt Waist Factory
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This fire led to a change in factory safety conditions
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American Federation of Labor Goals
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*End child labor
*Better working conditions
*Better pay
*8 hour day
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Child Labor
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Children had to work to support their families
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