Old Immigrants
Were Old immigrants before or after new immigrants
Were new immigrants before or after old immigrants
After
What are Labor unions
A group of people collective bargaining to get points across.
What are worker strikes
Workers refusing to work until conditions are met
Freed the slaves
____ are small, hot, dark, and dirty workhouses. Immigrants would work in these 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. What were the buildings called Immigrants lived in?
Sweat shops
What Organization did Jane Addams create?
Hull House
What does AFL stand for?
American Federation of Labor
How were workers treated during this time?
Poorly, had bad working conditions, long hours, and little pay
Defines citizenship. (directed at former slaves)
What were the names of the 2 immigration depots?
Also where were they located?
Angel Island and Ellis Island
When was the Chinese exclusion act passed?
If you were Chinese what Immigration depot would you go through?
1882
Angel Island
What does the ARU stand for?
American Railway Union
Two major strikes we talked about were called _________ Strike
Homestead strike
Pullman Strike
What is the 15th amendment
It gives people the right to vote. Cannot be denied based on race, color, religion, or previous condition of servitude
Was the 1862 Homestead Act a “Push” Factor or a “Pull” Factor?
Pull Factor
Name a book written by Jacob Rii's
How the Other Half Lives
The Battle with the slum
The Children of the Poor
Why did the Knights of Labor lose a bunch of members and basically became non-existent ?
Because they got associated with radicals and extremist that caused the Haymarket Riot
What strike caused interstate commerce to stop happening? What major holiday was signed into law just days before the national guard was called in to end it?
Pullman Strike
Labor Day
What is the 16th Amendment
Income tax
Where were the Old immigrants most likely to come from? Were the skilled or unskilled? Educated or Uneducated?
Were mainly Protestants from Northern and Western Europe.
Mostly skilled and educated
What is a muckracker?
An investigative journalist
Who was the leader of the AFL?
Samuel Gompers
Who owned the steel mill where one of the strikes took place? What was the strike called?
Andrew Carnegie
Homestead Strike
What is the 17th amendment
Direct Election of Senators