6A Vocab

Completed in 1869, it linked the country by rail from the east coast to the west coast

• Atlantic Express
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Pacific Railway
• Union Pacific Line

Competition has been eliminated from the market when these are created

• Duopolies
• Free markets
• Perfect competition
• Monopolies or trusts

Influenced by the railroads and changed the face of the nation by allowing developers to build stronger and more reliable buildings and bridges

• Wood
• Concrete
• Brick
• Steel Industry

This battle ended the Native Americans long conflict against Americans settling Native American lands

• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Wounded Knee

The first nationwide information transmitter; technology invented by Samuel Morse

• Telephone
• Telegraph
• Radio
• Internet

Group that unsuccessfully resisted westward expansion

• French fur traders
• Spanish settlers
• Pioneers
• Plains Indians

Founded the Standard Oil Company

• Henry Ford
• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie

Reception center in New York Harbor where poorer immigrants had to pass health and welfare tests

• Ellis Island
• Roosevelt Island
• Governor's Island
• Liberty Island

This union used strikes and collective bargaining to convince employers to give workers shorter workdays, better working conditions, higher wages, and greater control over how they carried out their workplace responsibilities

• American Federation of Labor

• Workplace Safety Coalition
• Employee Advocacy Group
• Management Association

The most famous inventor of the late 19th century with his light bulb

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Nikola Tesla
• Henry Ford
• Thomas Edison