America, Story of Us

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Ellis island

All immigrants pass by the Statue of liberty as they make their way to the Immigration Process Station there

He exposed tie slums - muck raker

Contribution traced to photographer jacob Ritz

placed an ad in the paper for people to donate money

How does Joseph Pulitzer solve the problem New york city faced retrieving the statue of liberty(money and assembly)

121,000

How many people donated ot the statue of liberty fund

ottis Elevator

Invention that allowed buildings to be built higher than 5 stories

Pittsburgh

Place where Andrew carnegie built the biggest steel plant in the world

France

The statue of Liberty was donated from _______ to celebrate tie 100 yr anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence

New york

There are more Italians in ____________ _____________ than in Rome

Scandavians

There people tend to immigrate to the farms

Irish, Italian, Russians

These people tend to immigrate to big cities

Germans

These people tend to immigrate to the Midwest

Gilted age

Time perion of extreme wealth by a fraction of Americans

buildings, trains, cars, boats, and planes

What are some items that are produced using steel

Filament/card board

What did edison use to light his lightbulbs

Infamous Fire, 146 died total, 100 girls

What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911

Bulding Skyscrapers

What is meant by "walking the steel"

Eiffel tower

What other important(Iconic) symbol has the same designer as the statue of liberty.

over 24 million

between 1880 and 1930 ___________ _______________ immigrants came to the United states

4 million womenDeadl

by 1900, nearly _______________were working in US cities

18 million

by 1902 there are ________light bulbs in use

25 yrs

how long does it take the statue of liberty ot oxidize, and turn green

Over 100 million people

how many amrericans can trace their roots to someone who was processed at Ellis island

2 out of 5, or 40%

how many workers(roughnecks) who build skyscrapers either are disabled or die on the job

80 %

how much did toe price of steel drop after the Bessemer process was discovered

$ 4.00/day

how much do workers on the skyscrapers make per day

1902

the statue of liberty was a functioning landmark until this date

Steel

what expensive ingredient was needeed for the cities to expand upward

Mug shots

what improvements are made to crime fighting during this era

The steel industry - Bessemer Process

what industry did Andrew Carnegie gain his wealth

money and assembly

what was the problem that New york faced with the statue of liberty


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