The immigration station on the west coast where Asian immigrants, mostly Chinese gained admission to the U.S. at San Francisco Bay.

An immigrant receiving station that opened in 1892 in New York, where immigrants were given a medical examination and only allowed in if they were healthy

Communication device invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1986.

an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States

a negative term for business leaders that implied they built their fortunes by stealing from the public

faster, more practical means of transporting goods, lowered production costs, created national markets, served as a model for big business, stimulated other industries

An example of big business that was made possible by Captain of Industry Andrew Carnegie. It helped fuel industrialism in America and the manufacturing center was Pittsburgh

Term used to describe the corporations and monopolies since the industrial revolution of the late 1800s.

Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west

the immigrant work force responsibie for building the trans-continental Railroad

was also linked to the growing railroad industry of the period. Drilling for oil in remote areas meant that the product had to be transported east for consumption as a fuel supply. The railroads made the transport possible from pipelines to the market.

exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices

was known for his economy, precision, and foresight in creating one of America's landmark corporations - Standard Oil. he became the world's richest man and first U.S. dollar billionaire, and is often regarded as the richest person in history

Firms or corporations that combine for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices (establishing a monopoly). There are anti-trust laws to prevent these monopolies.

hn D. Rockefeller's company, formed in 1870, which came to symbolize the trusts and monopolies of the Gilded age. By 1877 it controlled 95% of the oil refineries in the U.S.

A Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892. By 1901, his company dominated the American steel industry.

American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.

Invented by Thomas Edison, changed life forever due to being able to work beyond sunlight hours.

A machine used to communicate at a distance over a wire developed by Samuel Morse.

1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor