Immigration
Urbanization and Industrialization
Random
Industrial Tycoons and Such
Continued...Industrial Tycoons and Such
100
________________ is a negative condition or circumstance that motivates an individual or group to leave their home country or region, often forcing them to seek better lives elsewhere
Push Factor
100
What was the primary cause of rising urbanization in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Industrialization
100
_______ was a cheap, overcrowded, and often unsanitary apartment building, especially in urban areas like New York City's Lower East Side, designed to house a large number of factory workers and new immigrants.
Tenement housing
100
_______ __________pulled by horses and meant planting could be done faster and more efficiently. Replaced workers on the farms.
McCormick Reaper
100
_______ ________ was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She made her fortune from selling homemade hair products for African Americans. She was the first self-made female millionaire.
Madam C. J. Walker
200
_____________ is the process by which more and more people move into cities and towns, leading to the growth of urban areas and the increasing proportion of the population living in them.
Urbanization
200
_______________ is changing from small scale production to large scale manufacturing and production.
Industrialization
200
_________ is a market structure where a single firm has complete control over the production and supply of a specific good or service, eliminating competition and giving it the power to dictate prices
Monopoly
200
The industrialist who founded the Standard Oil Co. and dominated the oil industry. He controlled 90% of all of the oil in the US. His business was the first monopoly.
John D. Rockefeller
200
Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for helping to create a truly national transportation system. Other than steamships, what else is he credited for creating a vast empire in what____________?
Railroads
300
In the late 1800s, religious fighting in the United States primarily involved conflict between native-born ______________and new immigrant groups, especially __________________.
There are two answers that need to answered.
Protestants and Catholics.
300
Industrialization was driven by ___________ innovations like the railroads and ______________ __________________.
technology and mass production
300
_________ is an economic system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners and businesses for profit.
Capitalism
300
Who benefited from Free market” and “Laissez-faire” economies?
Business owners and entrepreneurs
300
__________ _________ replaced the labor of people and animals in operating cotton gins and mills. Made production faster and cheaper.
Steam technology
400
___________ and ________________were the names of the two immigrant inspection and processing stations in the United States?
One was in California. The other one was in New York.
Angel Island and Ellis Island
400
These are all negative impacts of what?
•Overcrowding
•poor sanitation
•run down tenements housing
•widespread disease
•more crime
urbanization
400
Industrial Tycoons like Rockefeller and Carnegie donated large sums of money to build facilities like libraries, colleges, and art centers. When someone donates large sums of money for the betterment of people and communities, they are known as a __________________________
philanthropist
400
Who was a rich banker and bought Carnegie Steel and started US Steel?
JP Morgan
400
________ _________ is a process by which Andrew Carnegie made steel stronger and cheaper; allowed for massive industrial growth of the U.S.?
Bessemer Process
500
1. Which of these would be the BEST title for this graphic organizer?
a. The Results of Mechanization
b. Causes of Urbanization in the U.S.
c. The Rise of Political Bosses
d. Reasons for Increased Immigration
B. Causes of Urbanization in the U.S.
500
_________ __________ was the manufacturing of large quantities of standardized, interchangeable goods using specialized machinery and a division of labor, made possible by advancing industrial machinery
Mass production
500
_______ _______ allowed businesses to do what they wanted: trade freely, set their own prices, and determine workers’ wages and working conditions.
It refers to a political ideology that rejects the practice of government intervention in an economy.
Laissez-faire
500
What was the name of the oil company John D. Rockefeller owned that sold 90% of the oil in America?
Standard Oil
500
_____________ ___________ __________allowed individual farmers to have tractors. Replaced the need for workers on the farm.
Internal Combustion Engine