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4. Antitrust Act Federal law created to break up large business combinations that stifled competition.
7. Island The main entry point for European immigrants seeking new opportunities in the United States.
8. Graham Bell His invention made it possible for people to communicate instantly across long distances.
9. Exclusion Act The first U.S. law to restrict immigration based on nationality, targeting Asian laborers.
11. Factors Hardships such as poverty, war, or discrimination that forced people to leave their homelands.
12. Unions Worker organizations formed to demand better wages, hours, and working conditions.
16. A single company’s complete control over the supply of a product or service.
18. The process that caused cities to expand rapidly as factories drew people from farms and other countries.
20. A combination of corporations formed to limit competition and control prices in an industry.
21. Production A manufacturing method that increased output by producing identical goods using assembly lines.
22. Vanderbilt Entrepreneur who built a transportation empire linking the nation by rail and steamship.
23. Carnegie Steel tycoon who believed in the “Gospel of Wealth” and donated much of his fortune to public causes.

1. Labor The exploitation of young workers in factories, mills, and mines during the Industrial Age.
2. and Wilbur Wright Their successful experiment at Kitty Hawk began the era of powered flight.
3. Island West Coast immigration center known for strict questioning of Asian newcomers.
5. Ford Industrial leader who used the moving assembly line to make automobiles affordable for ordinary Americans.
6. A major shift from hand tools to machines that transformed how goods were made and where Americans worked.
10. Factors Reasons like jobs, land, or freedom that attracted immigrants to the United States.
13. Buildings Cramped urban housing that became home to many working-class and immigrant families.
14. D Rockefeller Business magnate who dominated the oil industry through his powerful Standard Oil Company.
15. Morgan Wealthy banker who financed major industries and helped stabilize the U.S. economy during crises.
17. Edison Inventor who brightened the nation by bringing electric light and power systems to homes and factories.
19. Process Innovation that made steel cheaper and stronger, fueling the rise of skyscrapers and railroads.