Match (a)founded by samuel gompers; accepted only skilled workers, worked for higher pay and better working conditions, and used labor strikes (b) increased population size of settlers in the west (c)official entry point for immigrants arriving to the east coast of the united states (d)completed in 1869, in promontory, utah, the east and the west became connected (e)workers banding together against big business to demand better pay and working conditions 1.ellis island 2.labor unions 3.american federation of labor 4.transcontinental railroad 5.homestead act of 1862