19th Century Immigration
Name TWO characteristics of old immigrants. (1850 - 1880)
Came from Northern and Western Europe.
White (Anglo-Saxon)
Protestantism
Learned English quickly
Politically mature, usually voted
What is the difference between Boom Towns and Ghost Towns?
Boom Towns are habited for people that are looking for gold, ghost towns are after all those people left.
Name ONE characteristic of the Railroad.
Fueled the growing US economy
First big business in the US
A magnet for financial investment
The Key to opening the West
Aided the development of other industries
What are 5-Cent Lodgings?
Rooms rented five cents by night.
Describe ONE characteristic of the Democratic Bloc.
White southerners (presevarion of white supremacy)
Catholics
Recent Immigrants (Jews, etc.)
Urban Working Poor (pro-labor)
Name TWO characteristics of new immigrants. (1880 - 1910)
Slavic (White)
Jewish
Catholic
Didn't learn English easily
Politically immature, didn't care about voting
Who were exodusters?
Black Homesteaders who left to go to Kansas to leave south post-reconstrution.
What is Laissez Faire?
Individual as a moral and economic ideal
Individuals should complete freely in the marketplace
The market was not man-made or invented
Who were the Pinkertons?
Security who were hired to hunt for people
Describe ONE characteristic of the Republican Bloc.
Northern whites (pro-business)
African Americans
Northern Protestants
Old WASPs *White Anglo Saxon Protestant*(support for anti-immigrant laws)
Most of the Middle Class (Management)
What is Ellis Island?
Immigration center on East Coast.
What is Yellow Peril?
Caused by racism/bigotry, idea of anti-chinese in West.
What is conspicuous consumption?
To buy multiple items to show off to your competitors.
What are three reasons for Labor Strikes? (Holy Trinity)
More Pay
Shorter Work Day (usually 8hrs)
Safer working conditions
1. Munn vs. Illinois: allowed states to regulate commerce (RR)
2. Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad Company vs. Illinois: gave interstate commerence control to federal govt.
What is the difference between Melting Pot and Tossed Salad?
Assimilation and Limited Assimilation
What was the Newlands Reclaimation Act? (1902)
Conservationism, federally funded irrigation prohects in the West
What were the goals described in Carnegie's Essay 'The Gospel of Wealth'?
What was the situation that turned Public Opinion against laborors due to anarchists?
Haymarket Riot (1886)
What were the MAIN THREE characteristics of the platform of the Populist party?
1. Direct election of senators
2. Australian secret ballot
3. Re-monetization of silver
What was the Statue of Liberty?
Gift from French people, for America's 100th Birthday
What is Boomer Sooner?
Boomers: People that went to Oklahoma for free land
Sooners: those who cheated (came early)
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
What laborers did the Knights of Labor take?
Name ONE cause of the Panic of 1893.
1. Stock Market Crash
2. Housing market crash, caused bank failure
3. Unemployment