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________ was ruthless in his pursuit of total control of the oil refining business.

________ causes fell under the Progressive label.

________ drew public attention to some of the most glaring inequities and scandals that grew out of the social ills of the Gilded Age and the hands-off approach of the federal government since the end of Reconstruction. These writers by and large addressed a White, middle-class and elite, native-born audience, even though Progressive movements and organizations involved a diverse range of Americans. 

From 1880 to 1920, immigration, urbanization, and industrialization coincided to transform the face of American society from primarily rural to significantly ________.

The campaigns of the Progressives were often ________in their origin.

In___________ Thomas Edison received the patent for his incandescent light bulb. This development quickly became common in homes as well as factories, transforming how even lower- and middle-class Americans lived.

Eastern cities, unlike their midwestern counterparts, could not continue to grow___________, as the land surrounding them was already settled. 

________  is best known for his contributions to the electrical industry. 

The post-Civil War________  generated ideas that transformed the economy, but they were not big businessmen.

New cities were populated with___________ waves of new arrivals, who came to the cities to seek work in the businesses and factories there.