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4. This inventor transformed America with his many inventions such as the phonograph, battery, and dictaphone. His invention factory was responsible for a major innovation almost every month in its first five year tenure. 400 BoardAns

5. Thomas Alva Edison QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

6. This famous American entrepreneur created the Standard Oil Trust and held a near-monopoly on petroleum production and refining during the late 1800s. 800 BoardAns

7. John D. Rockefeller QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

8. This shrewd business man became the premier financier (money lender) of the late 1800s. He established his Bank in New York city and made history when he organized the world’s first billion dollar company in 1901. 1200 BoardAns

9. J. P. Morgan QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

10. This American entrepreneur revolutionized industry by utilizing the Bessemer Process to mass produce steel. The vertical integration management of his company made him the richest man in America by 1875. 1600 BoardAns

11. Andrew Carnegie QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

12. One of the most successful railroad barons in history, this entrepreneur controlled the three major railroads connecting New York and Chicago and is responsible for the construction of Grand Central Station. 2000 BoardAns

13. Cornelius Vanderbilt Question Question BoardBoard

14. Term used to describe one who organizes, manages, and assumes the financial risk in a business enterprise. 400 BoardAns

15. Entrepreneur Question Question BoardBoard

16. Term used to describe total control of a type of industry by one person or company. 800 BoardAns

17. Monopoly QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

18. Term used to describe a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement. Usually created to reduce competition. 1200 BoardAns

19. Trust QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

20. These organizations sprang up in the late 1800s to promote fair and safe working conditions for laborers and tradespersons. Their primary influence was in their collective bargaining potential. 1600 BoardAns

21. Worker/Trade Unions QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

22. Term used to describe a labor stoppage by workers to force an employer to meet their demands. 2000 BoardAns

23. Strike QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

24. This was the first stop on the East Coast for most immigrants coming into the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. 400 BoardAns

25. Ellis Island Question Question BoardBoard

26. By the late 1890s the majority of immigrants coming into America were from this part of the world. 800 BoardAns

27. Eastern and Southern Europe Question Question BoardBoard

28. These were the top three reasons immigrants from China moved to the United States during the mid-1800s. 1200 BoardAns

29. Unemployment, Poverty, and Political Unrest Question Question BoardBoard

30. This was the first stop on the West Coast for most Chinese immigrants coming into the United States during the mid- 1800s. 1600 BoardAns

31. Angel Island Question Question BoardBoard

32. This Act passed in 1882 barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese in the United States from becoming citizens. This Act was finally repealed in 1943. 2000 BoardAns

33. Chinese Exclusion Act QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

34. These tall steel and concrete buildings made it possible for the modern city to house the multitudes of people who gathered in urban centers. 400 BoardAns

35. Skyscrapers QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

36. Working class people in urban centers lived in these crowded appartment buildings. 800 BoardAns

37. Slums/Tenements Question Question BoardBoard

38. These were the top three social problems created by the crowded living conditions of Urban life. 1200 BoardAns

39. Crime, Sanitation, Unsafe Working Conditions Question Question BoardBoard

40. This term was used to describe novice workers who built skyscrapers. 1600 BoardAns

41. Snakes Question Question BoardBoard

42. Besides steel, this innovation was the second invention that made skyscrapers possible. 2000 BoardAns

43. The Elevator QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

44. 400 BoardAns This monument is iconic and has become symbolic of the modern American City.

45. Statue of Liberty QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

46. Detective Burns revolutionized criminal investigations with this innovation in crime fighting. 800 BoardAns

47. The Mug Shot Question Question BoardBoard

48. Detective Burns used a variety of interrogation techniques in the course of his criminal investigations. The most famous of which was the this, the Third Degree. BoardAns

49. Pain Question Question BoardBoard

50. This tragic incident in New York’s history helped pave the way for safer working conditions in factories and led to standardized fire codes in American cities throughout the United States. 1600 BoardAns

51. Triangle Work Waist Factory Fire QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

52. xxx 2000 BoardAns

53. xxxxx QuestionQuestion BoardBoard

54. Daily Double 1

55. The nick name given to New York by John Fitzgerald of the New York Morning Telegraph. BoardAns

56. QuestionQuestion BoardBoard The Big Apple

57. Final Jeopardy Category: Business

58. This Scottish immigrant is famous for his invention which allowed people to talk by telegraph. It was the predecessor of the modern telephone.

59. Alexander Graham Bell Question