Immigration/Industrialization Tools A B Jane Addams started Hull House, a settlement house for Chicago's poor Thomas Edison Invented the light bulb Samuel Morse Code created by this person was used to send messages along wires Annie Moore First immigrant to be processed at the new immigration station at Ellis Island Alexander G. Bell Invented the phone John Rockefeller A "giant" in the oil industry; had a monopoly in the oil industry Andrew Carnegie A "giant" in the steel industry Samuel Gompers Once a factory worker in a cigar factory; became a voice for laborers and began unionizing laborers Angel Island Immigration station on the west coast steerage least expensive ocean passage; in "belly" of ocean liners; very crowded labor union action taken by workers to improve their working conditions immigration coming to live in a country from one's home country tenement crowded, poorly build apartment corporation business that sells shsares of stock to investors monopoly complete control in an industry invest buy stock in a company in hopes of making a profit prejudice dislike of another due to their differences in race, religion, etc. strike stop work in protest of working conditions, pay, etc. Industrial Revolution time of inventions; materials made by machines instead of by hand Ellis Island point of entry into the U.S. for thousands of immigrants, esp. in the early 1900's Transcontinental Railroad First railroad that completed the travel from coast to coast The Great Migration thousands of African Americans headed north, leaving the south in search of jobs AFL American Federation of Labor, originated with Samuel Gompers settlement house community center where people can learn new skills Reasons immigrants came to America jobs, religious freedom, land, opportunity, escape from poverty, a new start in life Things immigrants were subjected to at the immigration station intelligence, renaming, health tests, disinfectant baths, long lines, questioning Hardships immigrants faced in America finding jobs, low-paying jobs, prejudice, language barriers, poor housing Grandfather's Journey Immigrant from Japan to U.S. falls in love with America, but misses homeland, travels back and forth Dreaming of America Annie Moore and two brothers leave Ireland and travel in steerage to America