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Gilded Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad that linked the eastern and western coasts of the US. Americans can travel faster across the United States |
| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the 1st telephone. Americans can communicate better |
| Thomas Edison | invented the 1st telephone. Americans can work longer hours. |
| Andrew Carnegie | was a businessman who controlled most of the United States steel in the late 1800's |
| John Rockefeller | was a businessman who controlled most of the United States oil in the late 1800's |
| Homestead Act | This law made it easy for Americans to own land in the Western United States. |
| Labor Unions | A group of workers trying to improve working conditions. They want higher wages and shorter working hours |
| Push Factors | reasons why people leave their country. Poverty, war, oppresion |
| Pull Factors | Reasons why people move to America. Jobs and America freedom |
| Americanization | learn English and dress like Americans |
| Urbanization | moving to the city usually looking for better jobs. Many Americans moved to cities in the late 1800's. |
| Tenements | Families lived in small apartments in the cities in the late 1800's. Apartments had no heat and air. |
| Capitalism | American system where citizens can own their own business. |
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