Industrialization
Name and explain one cause of industrialization
- New technologies(electricity, lightbulb etc) , abundant resources, expanding railroads, abundance of cheap labor, Capitalist investors
This activist made a plan to challenge the separate car act by having himself arrested.
Which saw higher growth in population in the industrial revolution... Urban areas (cities) or Rural areas (farmland/country)
Urban areas and cities (where the factories are!)
Named after a racist character, these laws separated spaces by race, i.e. waiting rooms or theaters
Jim Crow Laws
This french term means "Hands off" and describes the government allowing businesses to operate as they please
Laissez-Faire
This is the name of the type of low-quality housing that immigrants often had to cram into
Tenements
This President was assassinated and replaced with Andrew Johnson who sympathized with the south
Abraham Lincoln
Name 2 problems that immigrants faced when they arrived to USA
- Unhealthy living conditions ; small living spaces; racism/prejudices; lack of opportunities
This court case ruled that Separate but equal was FAIR
Plessy v. Ferguson
Factory owners loved these workers because they could pay them less and they fit in small spaces to fix equipment or mine for resourecs
Children Aka Child Labor
What two MAJOR cities led the way for industrial and factory jobs? One in the Northeast and one in the midwest
NYC and Chicago
He believed Black Americans should put all their focus on Education, learning academics and skills and slowly building themselves up.
Booker T. Washington
This is the name of the idea that anyone who moves to the USA can work hard and find wealth/a good life
American Dream
The year of this constitution saw a lot of racial equality progress REMOVED... it got rid of integrated schools even.
Louisiana Constitution 1879
This technology made communication across distances way easier! AND it was invented by __________
Telephone; Alexander Graham Bell
Name and explain one EFFECT of industrialization
- Urbanization( ppl flock to cities); rise of big business and investors (monopolies); labor exploitation (child labor, poor wages)
He Co-founded the NAACP and argued Black Americans should demand immediate rights and equality. (He also believed in the Talented Tenth)
W.E.B. Du Bois
What PULL factors brought immigrants to the America's during the 2nd industrial revolution
Economic opportunities (jobs) and the promise of a better life
This Act tried to assimilate natives by having them stop sharing the land, and gave individuals their own piece of the land.
The Dawes Act
What was the point of the Second Morrill Act?
It gave land to HBCU's to provide education to Black students
Name 2 reasons that factory owners preferred to hire children instead of adults?
1. They got paid less. 2. They were less likely to go on strike (organize and fight back)
This entrepreneur made his money in BANKING during the industrial revolution
J. P. Morgan
Political upheaval/Persecution
This Act tried to eliminate monopolies! And promote a fair economy
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
This was the arguments (or justifications) that were made about why Americans deserved the land out west instead of the natives
American Exceptionalism: Bringing democracy/freedom and a better way of life out west