Thanks to Edwin Drake's innovative spirit, American industry reached previously unthought of height due to his creation of the first American __________.
drilled oil well.
What goal motivated Henry Flagler to build the Florida East Coast Railway?
to bring tourists to the luxury hotels he had built along the Florida coastline
What was the primary purpose of Ellis Island?
processing immigrants who mainly came from Southern and Eastern Europe
Based on the flier below, which conclusion can be made about the Haymarket Riot?
A large number of the participants were German-speaking immigrants.
How did many nativists feel about the rapid influx of immigrants between 1870 and 1900?
They feared that the immigrants might take their jobs for lower wages.
Prohibition restricted the sale, manufacture, and distribution of
alcohol.
The statement below was made by a 19th-century immigrant to the
United States. Based on this statement why did her family
immigrate?
My family was lucky. We survived the pogrom in our
village in Russia. The Tsarist government acted in support of these
anti-jewish attacks. We had a cousin in Chicago who sent us enough
money to pay for our passage by steamship to America.
Religious persecution pushed them out of Russia.
Which legislation was directed at remedying the evils depicted in the cartoon?
Child Labor Laws
Which issue is addressed in the cartoon?
excessive power of big business
Which technological advance allowed cities to expand outward?
forms of electric urban transportation