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U2 L1 Vocab
People and Places
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Andrew Carneige | Created a monopoly of steel production in the United States |
| John D. Rockefeller | Created a monopoly by buying all the oil refineries in the United States |
| Know-Nothing Party | Group that worked to limit the voting strength of immigrants |
| Angel Island | Place where Asian immigrants arrived when coming to America. |
| Ellis Island | Place where European immigrants arrived when coming to America |
| Immigrants | Foreigners who came to United States to live and work |
| Old Immigrants | Immigrants that came to America from United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia because of religious persecution and violent governments (1607-mid 1800s) |
| New Immigrants | Immigrants that came to America from Asia, Italy, Poland, Austria-Hungry, and Russia because of revolutions and famine (1800s-1920) |