Important people
Jane Addams
Opportunity that allured to young adults wanting independence
Industrial jobs
Immigrants and farmers moved to cities on a massive scale as a result of industrialization in America
What was one reason immigrants came to America in the late 1800s?
What was one of the positive things the new and developed brought to this era?
Education, jobs, protection laws
What did the government not allow women to do?
Vote
Social reformer who established anti sweatshops laws that protect women workers and prohibited child labor.
Florence Kelly
Propelled city limits outward and made commuting into and around the city much easier.
New methods of Mass transit- The Electric Trolley
What was the largest non-European immigrant group to the United States in the 1800s?
The Hull House women protected women labor rights and prohibited what?
Child Labor
What caused riots?
Segregation, unfair laws against the Black Americans.
American economist that believed a growing population increased property values, and wanted single 100% tax on profits to reduce the wealth gap.
Henry George
Development of mass producing steel which led to which creation
New Methods of Infrastructure- Skyscrapers
Biggest difference between the new and old immigrants.
New immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe, old immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe
How did American newspaper publishers expand their public attention?
Printing stories about corruption and scandals
Although Native Americans were the ones born in America, they did not have what?
Legal status
Educator and Philosopher during the early 1900s
John Dewey
What method of transportation made commuting to work easier while expanding city limits.
The electric trolley
This mass immigration from Europe was nicknamed what (Is associated with sickness symptoms)
The immigrant fever
Why did people move out of their rural lives to be in urban cities?
Industrial jobs
What was the biggest prohibition during the early 1900s?
Alcohol
Who was an educator for Black Americans and delivered a speech about social separation?
Booker T. Washington
What was the name of the movement that aimed to make cities look better while improving the quality of life for the average resident?
The “City Beautiful” Movement
Why were some immigrants nicknamed “birds of passage”
Migration to-and-from their native countries and the United States for work.
What is another way of saying “padrone system.”
Labor boss
What did the Progressive Reformers wanted to do for the people?
Give the power to the people to initiate their own laws