Industrialization and Immigration

The process of transforming the economy of a nation or region from a focus on agriculture to a reliance on manufacturing.

• industrialization

• education

• plantations

A train route across the United States, finished in 1869.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Pacific Union Railroad

• Southern Railroad

The flow of electrical power or charge; used for lights, appliances and transportation

• electricity

• lightning

• hydraulics

Something that has never been made before; it often helps society improve and be more efficient.

• Invention

• grocery store

• pool party

A very tall modern building, usually in a city 

• skyscraper

• Statue of Liberty

• Steel

The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from iron 

• skyscraper

• Bessemer process

• ironworks

Relating to the countryside, NOT a town or city.

Rural areas are often more traditional than modern.

• rural

• urban

• metropolis

Relating to a town or city. 

Urban areas are often more modern than traditional.

• urban

• rural

• agricultual

Materials, including natural resources,  that were used to industrialize the United States,

• coal

• steel

• oil

• palm trees

A track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run

• railroad

• highways

• canals