Unit 7 The Gilded Age

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This man was the founder and owner of Standard Oil.

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John D. Rockefeller

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This man created a steel monopoly.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Having complete control in the marketplace, without any outside competition.

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Monopoly

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A device for the electrical transmission for coded messages over wires.

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Telegraph

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A island in New York harbor that was the chief immigration station in the United States from 1892-1924.

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Ellis Island

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An Island in the San Francisco Bay that was an entry point for many Asian immigrants to the United States beginning in 1910.

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Angel Island

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An alliance of trade and craft unions (skilled workers) formed in 1886.

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American Federation of Labor

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A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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U.S. law enacted in 1862, that provided 160 acres in the west to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of household and would cultivate the land for five years.

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Homestead Act

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This American Indian let an attack on General Custer and his men at Little Big Horn.

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Sitting Bull