SS Flashcards
What was an effect of the industrial revolution?
People started to immigrate to America and started moving from rural areas to urban areas to work on factories.
A product is put together as it moves across a line of workers that are experts in little things, increasing production.
This is an assembly line, made by Henry Ford.
Thomas Edison invented lots of things, but he is known best for making the…
Light Bulb
This person was responsible for people growing peanuts and other things
George Washington Carver
“Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
When was this, and by who?
The first telephone call by Alexander Graham Bell
What is being described?
* A gift from the country of France
* Symbol of freedom
* First thing seen by immigrants
Statue of Liberty
Why did millions of immigrants come to USA in the late 1800s?
Freedom and Opportunity
What were 2 difficulties immigrants faced when they came to the US?
- Adapting to a new environment
- Terrible working conditions
Some of the immigrants entered from Ellis Island, where did the people that didn’t go to Ellis Island go, and where were most of them from?
People from mostly from Asia went to Angel Island
In the late 1800s, Americans traveled and settled in the land shaded above.
GREAT. PLAINS!!!!!
(This is probably a hard one, so make sure to remember it.)
People above were all…
*Alexander Graham Bell
(others I don’t remember)
Immigrants that made a difference.
Key word : IMMIGRANTS (not inventors)
Settlers were encouraged to move west and were offered land for free, but they faced challenges. What were they?
Having less water and having less trees.
(Lack of water from rain and no forests)
Brought to North America by settlers, (forgot the rest)
Horses
What is the most dominant American Indian tribe? (Or something like that)
Comanche
American Indians lived a nomadic lifestyle, the food source and the thing they depended on was :
Buffalo
