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Industrial Revolut.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monopoly | When a company controls all products, with no competition |
| Andrew Carnegie | Entrepreneur who got rich from making Steel |
| John D. Rockefeller | Entrepreneur who owned Standard Oil company |
| Immigrant | Person who moves to a new place permanently |
| Poverty | Lacking resources, extremely poor |
| Ellis Island | Where immigrants from Europe entered the U.S. |
| Angel Island | Where immigrants from Asia entered the U.S. |
| Urbanization | Large numbers of people move to the city |
| Tenement | Small apartment, where lots of immigrants lived together |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor, who invented the telephone |
| Thomas Edison | Inventor, who invented the incandescent lightbulb |
| Steam Engine | Used to power factories, trains and steamboats |
| Spinning Jenny | Made clothes cheaper and faster |
| Bessemer Process | Process that made steel cheaper and faster |