Immigration and Industrialization

Study Guide
Fill in each blank with the correct term to make each statement true.
1. __________________ invented the telephone and ________________
invented the telegraph.
2. __________________ invented the phonograph, movie camera, and
improved the incandescent light bulb.
3. __________________ made a longer-lasting filament for the
incandescent light bulb.
4. __________________ made a historic first flight in Kitty Hawk, NC.
5. __________________ was the first woman pilot.
6. __________________ invented the first gasoline-powered car in
America.
7. __________________ invented the electric street car.
8. ________________________ stopped Chinese from immigrating to
America.
9. _____________________ is known for building a ___________ in the
steel industry. He visited England and brought Henry Bessemers idea
of making __________ back to America.
10. John D. Rockefeller created a monopoly in the _______ industry. He
created the ______________________ company.
11. __________________ made it possible for businesses to grow and
ship their product all over the country.
12. In a _____________________ economy, business owners can decide
what to produce and what to charge for their product.
13. As big business grew in America, more people moved to the
_____________ instead of living on ___________. The businesses
also created many ______________ and made the U.S. the country

that manufactured (or built in factories) more _______________ than

any other country in the world.
14. ______________________ came to the U.S. hoping to find
__________, economic growth, land, and religious freedom. Some
were escaping _____________ or _____________. They often lived in
communities like Chinatown or Little Italy so that they could be
near people that spoke their same _______________ and shared their
same customs.
15. ________________ is an unfair opinion about a group of people
based on their culture or race.
16. ___________ Island was an immigration station for __________ in
San Francisco, California and ___________ Island was an immigration
station in New York Harbor for ______________.
17. Laborers had to work ________ days for very _________ pay.
_______________ were clothing factories where women operated
sewing machines in hot, cramped spaces. The _____________
Shirtwaist Company in New York City caught ________ in 1911 and
killed many young women.
18. _____________ was a New York City schoolteacher that went around
taking pictures of ____________working in the factories to try to stop
child ___________.
19. A _________________was a group of workers that tried to improve
the conditions in factories and earn better ___________. Samuel
Gompers created the _________________________ of Labor. He
fought for _____ hour work days, __________ working conditions,
and an _______ to child labor.
20. When workers went on ______________, they tried to stop
production in the factories and force the ______________ to listen to
their demands.
21. Labor unions created a new holiday called _________________ to
show how conditions had ______________ for workers.
22. In the court case, ___________________________ segregation was
considered legal as long as things were separate but ____________.
Study your definitions (strike, free enterprise, economy, monopoly)