| A | B |
| Jane Addams | founder of Hull House |
| Samuel Gompers | founder of American Federation of Labor |
| Ida B. Wells | civil rights leader |
| The Wright Brothers | pioneers in aviation |
| John D. Rockefeller | founder of Standard Oil Company |
| Andrew Carnegie | steel industry |
| Thomas Edison | inventor of phonograph and improved light bulb |
| Henry Ford | assembly line and Model T |
| Theodore Roosevelt | the Square Deal; Panama Canal |
| Ellis Island | immigrant check-in station in New York |
| Angel Island | immigrant check-in station in California |
| tenement | poorly built apartment often used by immigrants |
| settlement house | a community center offering services for low income families |
| Alexander Graham Bell | telephone |
| Joseph Pultizer | journalist; newspaper |