Robber Barons
Who saw the oppertunity to make buildings using steel becuase of the population flood?
Andrew Carnegie
What was the name of the process of making steel?
Bessemer Process
What was the common thing workers wanted in their jobs?
Higher Wages
Why were immigrants coming to the United States if living conditions were so poor?
Wanted higher wages
What was the Sherman-Anti Act?
Made it illegal to form a monopoly
What word was used for showing charity by giving money to the poor?
Philanthropy
What is another word for Monopoly
Trust
What was the first large-scale national organization of workers?
National Labor Union in 1866
How many Immigrants left Europe to America from 1865-1890?
10 Million
What was the act that made it to where it prohibited Chinese immigration?
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Who had a large industry in oil?
What are three factors of enormous growth?
Natural Resources, Governmental Support, and Urbanization
What word was used that describes workers going against a company or buisness?
Strike
Where did the poorest immigrants live?
1906, San Francisco segregated what group of students?
Asian Students
How were the Robber Barons seen for with their wealth?
Greedy
In 1869 tracks were laid across the U.S., what was the name of it? (HINT: Utah)
Golden-Spike Utah
Who led the Cigar Maker's International Union to join with other craft unions in 1886
Samuel Grompers
What was New York’s port for immigrants called?
Ellis Island
What was the Gentleman's Agreement.
There would be no segregation
What did Vanderbilt sell to get money to start building railroads?
Ferries
How was Carnegie able to control much of the steel industry.
Vertical Integration
Who became president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Samuel Gompers
List the five reasons why immigrants left their homes?
Persecution (pogroms—violent massacres of Jews)
Government policies/taxes
Crop failure
Lack of land/jobs
Pursue the American Dream (each generation willdo better than the previous one)
What two continents were limited by the Immigration Act of 1921, and what country had increase in immigration?
Europe and Asia were limited, Mexico had in increase.