Immigrants/Labor unions
What is a Labor Union
Group of workers That make jobs better helps with higher pay safer workplace fair rules security and protection
What was urbanization?
Urbanization was a growth of cities, movement of people into a city.
Who was John D. Rockefeller
Very rich and powerful - owned oil companies, often referred to as a robber baron
What is Nativism?
Favoritism towards native born Americans anti-immigration
What was a Philanthropist
Shows leaderships, large contributions
How did Americans treat Immigrants?
Immigrants were treated with horrible stereotypes and acting as if they ere outsider.
What were the effects of urbanization?
Urbanization effects included little to no sanitation overcrowded cities and health problems
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt
Devoted his whole life to his studies very rich and influential owned and expanded many businesses just wanted to make money
What is Melting Pot
Mixture of people from different cultures and races who blended in together by abandoning native culture
How did laborers and employees use labor unions to their advantage?
Laborers and employees used the labor unions to increase pay, saver jobs and shorter hours.
What was the goal of labor unions?
The goal of labor unions were to ensure there were safer working conditions
Second Industrial Revolution
1870-1914 electric run machinery industrial equipment appliances
Who was J.P. Morgan
Helped many people with financial problems, created the money trust 60 million loan to federal government
How did the Dawes Act affect American Indians?
The Dawes Act took away Native Americans land, this made them live on smaller lands
What conditions did laborers have to deal with?
Employees and laborers had very Harsh working condition such as conditions, long hours low pay and health risks
What is Ellis Island
Immigration station in New York Harbor 2% of the night entry physical documents requirement
What was Transcontinental Railroad
A train route across US finished in 1869 2 railroad companies Union Pacific (eats) central pacific (west) built by Chinese and Irish
What was a Robber Baron
Someone who made an excessive amount of money, and is selfish
What was the goal of the Homestead Act?
The goal was to give settlers land in the west, and to help America grow in cities. This act also encouraged settlement in the west.
What act broke up natives land by dividing them into smaller groups
Dawes act
What is Angel Island
Immigration station in San Francisco Bay, mostly Chinese harsh questioning
What process made steel quicker and cheaper
Bessemer Process
Who was Andrew Carnegie
Rich + powerful owned steel companies - robber baron, and captain of industry
What was the homestead Act
Congress created to provide settlers with land in west - most significant document
Who created factories for railroad cars
George Pullman