Immigration
City Dwellers
Triumph of Industry
Progressive I
Progressive III
100
State one difference between old and new immigrants
Religion: Protestant vs Catholic
Birthplace: North/Western Europe vs South/Eastern Europe
Destination: Farms in the Midwest vs Cities in the Northeast
Occupation: Farmers vs Unskilled Workers
100
What is urbanization?
Expansion of cities and/or increase in the number of people living in them.
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100
What is a corporation?
Form of business consisting of a group of people authorized by law to act as a single person and with the ability to sell shares of stock to raise “capital”.
100
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Segregation laws enacted in the South. (Segregates blacks and whites in all public facilities.)
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100
What is the Temperance Movement?
A movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it.
200
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
The Chinese Exclusion Acts were a set of laws that barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens. They were passed in 1882, renewed in 1892, and then made permanent in 1902, but were repealed in 1943.
200
Mention two technologies that cities had
•Telephones
•Bright Lights & Electricity
•Central Heating
•Public Water Systems
•Indoor Plumbing
•Sewage Disposal
•Asphalt pavement & Transportation
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200
What was Sherman Anti-Trust Act and who enforced it during the Progressive Era?
Law that stated government opposition to monopolies, prohibits conspiracies in restraint of trade. Huge loophole regarding "rule of reason" with what constitutes "unreasonable" restraint of trade.
200
What did Booker T. Washington believe in regarding African Americans
Washington argued that African Americans should not focus their energies on seeking to overturn Jim Crow Laws. Washington pushed African Americans to achieve economic equality with whites. He did not advocate immediate social equality because he believed that economic equality would eventually bring equal rights.
200
What happened in the Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson? What did the Court decide?
In 1890, Louisiana passed a law allowing railroads to provide “separate but equal” facilities. Home Plessy, an A.A., sat in the car reserved for whites. He was arrested when he refused to move to the “colored” car.
A 7 to 1 majority declared that “separate but equal” did not violate the U.S. Constitution. The Court argued that as long as states maintained “separate but equal” facilities, they did not violate the 14th Amendment.
300
What were the three push factors that led immigrants to leave their country and come to the United States?
Persecution
Economic Hardship
Lack of Jobs
War
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300
What are Tenements and what were some problems associated with it? Mention two
+200 points
Low-cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible.
Problems: Water - Some tenement did not have access to piped water, Sanitation - The streets were exposed to manure, open gutters, factory smoke, and poor trash collection, Crime - As population grew, thieves flourished, Fire - Fire Hazards: limited water, wood houses, candles, and kerosene heaters.
300
What is Socialism?
An economic system & political philosophy that favors the public, instead of private, control of property & income.
300
What is NAACP and what did it do?
It is a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that is founded by W.E.B. Du Bois.
NAACP focused on the battle for equal access to decent housing and professional careers like teaching. Leaders of the group planned the group’s strategy – to use the courts to challenge unfair laws.
300
What is a Square Deal?
Theodore Roosevelt’s policy of using government power to protect common people from abuses of big business and powerful interests
400
What are the differences between Ellis Island and Angel Island?
Ellis Island: Easy, Europeans, East Coast
Angel Island: Awful, Asians, Another Coast (West)
+ 250 Points
400
What happened in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory building? and what were some problems that it had (mention 2).
It went through the deadliest workplace disaster due to a fire started in the building.
Problems: ONLY 1 PERSON CAN LEAVE AT A TIME, FIRE ESCAPE LOCKED / COLLAPSED, FIRE HOSE IS NOT WORKING, FIRE DEPT. LADDER TOO SHORT
400
Vertical Integration VS Horizontal Integration
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400
What did Carrie Nation do?
Carrie Nation was a progressive crusader for prohibition. She was the leader of the temperance movement. Nation would enter alcohol-serving establishments & attack the bar with a hatchet.
400
What are 3 ways that African Americans were prevented from voting in the South?
Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause
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500
What is the difference between the melting pot theory and salad bowl theory?
Melting Pot: According to this theory, people from various cultures have met in the United States to form a new America. The contributions of individual groups are not easily distinguished. The resulting culture is more important than its parts.
Salad Theory (Pluralism): This theory recognizes that groups do not always lose their distinctive characteristics. They can live side by side, with each group contributing in different ways to society. This approach is sometimes called the salad bowl theory since groups, like different vegetables in a salad, remain identifiable but create a new larger whole.
500
What does the term nativism mean? Do we consider the modern-day U.S. to have nativism?
A belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers.
500
What is Social Darwinism?
only the strongest companies will survive.
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500
What is Hepburn Act?
It is an act that gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping costs. It also set maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines.
500
What were the four ways that Progressives reformed the political process?
Direct Primary
Initiative
Referendum
Secret Ballot
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