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Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
"Commodore" of shipping started with sail and steam and later moved on to trains.
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What is triangle shirtwaist fire
Famous fire that ended up improving fire exits sprinkler systems
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Who is Edison
Inventor of the incandescent light bulb
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What is natural resources
Includes rivers and coal, petroleum, silver , gold, even lumber
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What is kerosene
Lit everyone's homes brighter than ever in these lamps
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Who is John D. Rockefeller
Ruthless business man, refiner of oil, controlled a monopoly
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Who is Upton Sinclair
Wrote a book that brought about food inspection acts
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What is direct
Generators produce this electrical current
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What is High immigration
Many people from all over the world came to America to find freedom and jobs, with them they brought new ideas as well
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What is Ellis island
Island where most immigrants were processed
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Who is Andrew Carnegie
Rags to riches, famous philanthropist, steel beams for buildings
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What is children
This part of the family often had to work to make ends meet
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What is alternating current
Power lines carry this type of electrical current to homes and businesses
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What is Advancement in transportation
This included steamboats, canals, railroads and eventually the automobile
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What is a tenement building
Most immigrants lived in these buildings in NYC
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Who is Henry Ford
Innovated the production process with assembly line
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What is union
Workers from Homestead formed this
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Who is tesla
First demonstrated wireless technology by lighting a bulb with no wires or batteries
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What is new inventions
Inventors were protected by patents for their ideas which helped them contribute to the industrial revolution
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What is mountains
Where most coal mines are located
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Who Is JP Morgan
Thomas Edison's investor, and owner of US Steel and General Electric
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What is fish canneries
A dangerous industry that children often worked in on the coast of ME
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Who is tesla and westinghouse
This duo won the bid to light up the worlds fair
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What is investment capital
Many industries started with the help of investors that loaned them property and money for a share of the company in return.
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What is libraries
Carnegie built 25 of these in maine
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