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| Ellis Island | Place where European immigrants were processed before entering the United States |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Passed by Congress in 1882 limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the US from China |
| Emma Lazarus | Author of the poem "New World Colossus" found at the base of the Statue of Liberty |
| Jacob Riis | photo journalist and author of How the Other Half Live exposing problems of tenement living |
| Lewis Hine | photojournalist exposing the social problem of child labor |
| Thomas Edison | his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, was called an “invention factory” |
| John D. Rockefeller | he had a monopoly of the oil industry and formed the Standard Oil Trust; also gave millions of dollars to benefit society |
| Andrew Carnegie | he used the bessemer process to create steel fast and cheaper than ever before; also gave millions of dollars to libraries |
| Samuel Gompers | he headed the American Federation of Labor with the goal of improving wages and working conditions |
| Jane Addams | founded of the settlement house "Hull House" in Chicago |
| Theodore Roosevelt | "Trustbusting" president who led progressive reforms |
| Upton Sinclair | Exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry as the author of The Jungle |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | law passed in 1890making it illegal for businesses to form trusts |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | banned the sale of tainted food and medicine |
| Ida Tarbell | challenged John D. Rockefeller in McClure's magazine |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition of Alcohol (Temperance Movement) |
| 19th Amendment | Gave Women the right to vote (Women's Suffrage Movement) |
| NAACP | "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" founded by W.E.B DuBois formed to combat prejudice and racism |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Factory | Deadly fire led to the passage of laws creating safer working conditions |
