Pull Factor is
Conditions in a country that attract people to move there
A strike is:
a stoppage of labor until the workers get what they want.
This person found a cheap and effective way to make steel in the United States
Andrew Carnegie
is a person who wants to change society because of a moral reason.
progressive
This amendment gave women the right to vote
18th
Push factor is:
Conditions in a person’s country that makes them want to leave
American Federation of Labor (AFL) was
Trade union which used strikes to make its point
T or F: Bessemer Process made steel production cheap.
True
Who became President after McKinley was shot in 1901?
Teddy Roosevelt
Suffragist were people who
who campaigned for women’s right to vote.
First wave of immigrants came mostly from
England, Ireland and Germany.
Tenements are
Crowded apartments people lived in
Who created the Standard Oil Company
John Rockefeller
T or F There was a lot of corruption in government before the Progressive Movement?
True
Journalists who exposed government corruption and abuses of big business
Muckrakers
first and most famous immigration station was called
Ellis Island
Safety issues in factories included (2)
Chemicals in the air in factories and mines and no safety features
New modes of Transportation included (3):
steamboat, railroad and automobiles
Who could be a progressive?
Any and all types of people of color, class and gender
These women were involved in getting women the right to vote (3)?
Dorthea Dix
Susan B Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Name 3 pull factors
jobs, religious freedom and better life
Community centers set up to help the poor were called what?
settlement houses
Important innovations during this period include (3):
Bessemer Steel Process, production line and electricity
Which of the following is true about Roosevelt (3)?
Believed the government should interfere nationally and globally to help people
Believed the rich and the powerful should be good role models.
Famous for leading soldiers in Cuba.
This type of reporting that exaggerates or sensationalizes stories to sell more newspapers.
Yellow Journalism