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gilded age
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nativism | term for anti-immigration feelings held by the Know Nothing party an other groups |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | He became one of the richest men in America by controlling the railroads and shipping industries |
| Promontory Point | Point in Utah where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed |
| Alexander Graham Bell | He invented the telephone |
| Who invented the first airplane? | Wright Brother |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | This act banned all immigrants from us |
| Homestead Act of 1862 | This act gave out free land in the Midwest |
| Thomas Edison | America's most famous inventor(lightbulb, phonogram, etc) |
| John D. Rockefeller | He became the richest man in the world through his company Standard oil |
| Henry ford | His mass-produced Model was the first affordable auto |
| Monopoly | When one company dominates an entire industry |
| Angle | lsland near San Francisco on which immigrants from Asia were processed |
| Tenements | Cheap, unsafe apartment buildings |
| Melting pot | Term for the blending of cultures in America |
| Andrew carnegie | Scottish immigrants who founded the US Steel company |
| Ellis | Island on which immigrants from Europe were processed |