Industrialization
What factor most directly contributed to the growth of the American steel industry in the late 1800s?
New production techniques
What was the main reason immigrants came to America during the industrialization time period?
To find jobs and make money
What became a common type of home for working-class families?
Tenements
What are reasons that attract people to a new country, such as job opportunities or freedom called?
Pull factors
This American industrialist founded an automobile company in 1903 and revolutionized manufacturing with the development of the assembly line technique for mass production.
Henry Ford
What best describes the US government's attitude towards big business during the late 1800s?
Laissez-faire
Where did most new immigrants from Europe work when they arrived in American cities?
In factories and mines
What were the common living conditions for the urban poor during this era?
Crowded tenements, poor sanitation, and a lack of clean water
What is the process where a country changes from farming to building factories and machines?
Industrialization
She published a 19-part series in McClure's Magazine, detailing the ruthless and illegal business practices of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company.
Ida Tarbell
How did mass production techniques, such as the assembly line, change industry in the early 1900s?
It allowed for the more efficient and faster production of goods.
Many immigrants lived in buildings that were crowded and often unsanitary. What were these buildings called?
Tenements
What conditions led to outbreaks of diseases in cities?
Improper disposal of sewage, a lack of clean water, overcrowding, and poor sanitation
What is the manufacturing of large quantities of products, often through mechanization and the factory system called?
Mass Production
This American industrialist became one of the richest men in history through his steel empire.
Andrew Carnegie
The process that made it possible to produce steel quickly and cheaply in the railroad and construction industries was the...
Bessemer process
Between 1870 and 1920, the U.S. economy grew quickly due to new industries. How did the U.S. get enough workers for all these new jobs?
By relying on the flow of immigrant labor
What were the "pull factors" that attracted immigrants to cities?
Jobs, education, and better opportunities
What is the movement of people from central cities to surrounding smaller communities called?
Suburbanization
Which business leader established control over the oil industry by creating a trust and utilizing horizontal integration?
John D. Rockefeller
One reason for the development of labor unions in the late 1800s was the refusal of factory owners to improve which of the following?
Wages and working conditions
Which law passed in the late 1800s stopped almost all immigration from a specific Asian country?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigrants and farmers
What is the policy or belief that favors the interests of native-born inhabitants over those of immigrants?
Nativism
This Danish-American social reformer used flash photography to expose the grim reality of life in New York City's overcrowded and unsanitary tenement slums in his book, How the Other Half Lives.
Jacob Riis