Key Terms
Industrialization
Industrialization is the process of changing from making things by hand at home to making them with machines in large factories.
How did immigrants arrive in NYC
Ellis Island
What was a bad result of industrilization
workers were not paid enough
no regulations
What did Jacob Reis write and expose
How the other half lives
NYC tenements
Muckraking
Investigative Journalism
Why did immigrants come to America?
Did they receive that experience?
Better Life
NO
What policy did America mainly follow before industrialization
agriculture
What did the American government do to get rid of monopolies
Pass anti trust laws
Pass laws to eliminate unfair business practices / competition
Trusts / Anti Trusts
In business, a trust is when large companies team up, join forces, or merge to control an entire industry.
In business, an anti trust are labor unions
Name of the canal that connected NYC to Chicago
Erie
Key work pratice created by Henry Ford
Assembly line
What did the Populist party fight for
The government to regulate business to make more fair for common workers
Progressive Era
The Progressive Era (roughly 1890s–1920s) was a period of intense social, political, and economic reform in the United States, aimed at correcting the corruption, waste, and inequality caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization
Name three dangers in NYC tenements
fire hazards
over crowding
lack of ventilation
Name 3 Captains of Industry
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Morgan
What did Upton Sinclair Expose
Meat Packing Industries
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age (roughly 1870s–1900) was a period of rapid industrialization, economic growth, and immense wealth in America, masking deep social problems like poverty, labor exploitation, and political corruption.
What was major problem in NYC
Rise of immigrants led to cities being over crowded
How did industrialization impact America ECONOMICALLY?
More production, more jobs
unfair wage gap between rich and poor
What is ONE proposal the populist party was able to get the government to create
income tax
the more you make, the more you are taxed