Industrial Revolution
When one or a few individuals own an entire industry
Monopoly
What was life like for people living in cities?
Dirty or overcrowded.
Reasons for immigrants leaving their own country to come to a new one are called...
Push and Pull factors
What problems did workers face during the Industrial Revolution?
Long hours, low pay, unsafe/unhealthy working conditions
A business tactic that beats out competition and combines an industry into a monopoly.
Horizontal Integration
Big business owners who took advantage of laissez-fair policies, workers and consumers were called...
Robber Barrons
As land become more expensive, this new building allowed for more space with less land use.
Skyscrappers
What was the main purpose of Angel Island?
To filter out Chinese immigrants
Housing was owned by the business and rented out to employees
Company Towns
A positive portrayal of wealthy industrialists who created jobs, increased the wealth of the country and used their personal wealth for charity.
Captains of Industry
Name two advantages that allowed for the growth of US economies and industries
Natural resources, immigrants, entrepreneurs, electricity, etc.
As cities became more crowded, police had to manage an increase of _____.
Crime
This location is where European Immigrants were processed on the East Coast.
Ellis Island
This led to public distrust of the labor movement
Riots and violence
What industry helped connect raw materials to factories and a larger customer base?
Railroads
Why did people move from rural to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution?
More jobs/ job availability in cities
Breaking-up portions of the city into distinct functions (example: industrial area, residential are and financial area).
Zoning
The process of assimilating immigrants to American culture to make them more loyal
Americanization
A technique used to win workers rights through negotiations
Collective bargaining
This group of individuals experienced stunted physical and mental development as a result of grueling work environments.
Children
How did railroads contributed to a "spiral of growth" for the United States economy?
Businesses could transport large amounts of goods across long distances quickly, cheaply, and efficiently which led to mass production and more profits
Low-cost, multifamily apartments designed to squeeze as many people in as possible.
Tenements
The law banned Chinese Immigrants from coming to the US and no longer allowed Chinese to be US citizens
Chinese Exclusion Act
A policy that states the US must keep its “hands-off” business which led to bad conditions for workers
Laissez-Faire
This act outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade.
Sherman Antitrust Act