Boarding Schools
What was the first Boarding School in the US?
The Carlisle Indian School
What is urbanization?
The rapid shift of human populations
What were the main reasons for immigration?
jobs, to escape poverty and persecution
The meaning of Gilded
What is a thin layer of gold with a flashy surface that covers tarnished insides.
What was one way the boarding schools stripped individuals of their identity?
Cutting hair, getting rid of name,
2 Examples of Urbanization
Growth of Cities and Immigrant Neighborhoods
(Rise of Tenements and Crowded Housing, Growth of Industrial Districts, New Urban Transportation, Skyscrappers and New City Skylines, Urban Problems and Reform)
What are 2 Places immigrants came to?
Angel and Ellis Island
The name of the approach the US took to its economy during this era
What was Laissez Faire
What was an important part of the "Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978"
Gave Native parents the right to deny their children going to boarding school.
What types of housing came with the large factory towns?
Tenement Housing
What were the challenges Immigrants faced once they got to the US?
Finding places to live, getting a job, learning a new language, learning new culture
What economic system did the Gilded Age push onto the US economy that we still use today
What is Capitalism
How was the school run?
Like a military School
what type of neighborhoods were introduced with urbanization?
what is Immigrant Neighborhoods
What is Nativism?
Favoritism towards those born in US
Describe the Gilded Age
What is a period of US history which experienced economic growth, immigration, huge industrialization and technological advancement. Also faced by economic inbalance and political corruption.
What were the two main things boys and girls were taught at the boarding school?
Boys: Manual Labor
Girls: Domestic Work/Cleaning
Urbanization can fuel what kind of growth?
economic growth
How many words did immigrants need to know under this 1917 law?
40 words
What is it called when one person runs an entire section of an industry?
A monopoly