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Entrepreneurs and Robber

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Big Business Immigration

Urban America

The Big Apple

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This inventor transformed America with his many inventions such as the

phonograph, battery, and dictaphone. His invention

factory was responsible for a major innovation almost every

month in its first five year tenure.

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Thomas Alva Edison

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This famous American entrepreneur created the

Standard Oil Trust and held a near-monopoly on petroleum production and refining during

the late 1800s.

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John D. Rockefeller

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This shrewd business man became the premier financier

(money lender) of the late 1800s. He established his Bank

in New York city and made history when he organized the

world’s first billion dollar company in 1901.

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J. P. Morgan

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This American entrepreneur revolutionized industry by

utilizing the Bessemer Process to mass produce steel. The

vertical integration management of his company made him the richest man in

America by 1875.

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Andrew Carnegie

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One of the most successful railroad barons in history, this entrepreneur controlled the

three major railroads connecting New York and

Chicago and is responsible for the construction of Grand

Central Station.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Term used to describe one who organizes, manages, and assumes the financial risk in a

business enterprise.

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Entrepreneur

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Term used to describe total control of a type of industry by

one person or company.

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Monopoly

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Term used to describe a combination of firms or

corporations formed by a legal agreement. Usually created to

reduce competition.

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Trust

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These organizations sprang up in the late 1800s to promote

fair and safe working conditions for laborers and

tradespersons. Their primary influence was in their collective

bargaining potential.

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Worker/Trade Unions

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Term used to describe a labor stoppage by workers to force

an employer to meet their demands.

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Strike

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This was the first stop on the East Coast for most

immigrants coming into the United States during the late

1800s and early 1900s.

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Ellis Island

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By the late 1890s the majority of immigrants coming into

America were from this part of the world.

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Eastern and Southern Europe

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These were the top three reasons immigrants from

China moved to the United States during the mid-1800s.

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Unemployment, Poverty, and

Political Unrest

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This was the first stop on the West Coast for most Chinese immigrants coming into the

United States during the mid-1800s.

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Angel Island

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This Act passed in 1882 barred Chinese immigration for 10

years and prevented Chinese in the United States from

becoming citizens. This Act was finally repealed in 1943.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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These tall steel and concrete buildings made it possible for the modern city to house the

multitudes of people who gathered in urban centers.

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Skyscrapers

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Working class people in urban centers lived in these crowded

appartment buildings.

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Slums/Tenements

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These were the top three social problems created by the

crowded living conditions of Urban life.

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Crime, Sanitation, Unsafe Working

Conditions

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This term was used to describe novice workers who built

skyscrapers.

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Snakes

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Besides steel, this innovation was the second invention that made skyscrapers possible.

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The Elevator

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This monument is iconic and has become symbolic of the modern American City.

Statue of Liberty

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Detective Burns revolutionized criminal investigations with this

innovation in crime fighting.

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The Mug Shot

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Detective Burns used a variety of interrogation techniques in

the course of his criminal investigations. The most

famous of which was the this, the Third Degree.

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Pain

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This tragic incident in New York’s history helped pave the

way for safer working conditions in factories and led to standardized fire codes in

American cities throughout the United States.

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Triangle Work Waist Factory Fire

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The nick name given to New York by John Fitzgerald of the New York Morning Telegraph.

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The Big Apple

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This Scottish immigrant is famous for his invention which allowed people to talk by telegraph. It was the predecessor of the

modern telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell

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