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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.

Many immigrants were ___________ from their countries by a series of ongoing famines, by the need to escape religious, political, or racial persecution, or by the desire to avoid compulsory military service. 

Before the ___________ factories, such as the early textile mills, had to be located near rivers and seaports, both for the transport of goods and the necessary water power.

From 1870 through 1900, child labor in factories ________.

The date, June 19, 1865, would become the most popular annual celebration of the end of slavery, known as ________ .

Steel magnate ________  has the prototypical rags-to-riches story.