Industrial Revolution
A place where workers labored long hours, under poor conditions, for low pay.
What is a sweatshop?
A reason that someone would want to LEAVE a country. Example: war, unsafe conditions, no rights.
What is a push factor?
The first reason for imperialism, where countered was to show others that they were strong and had a big military.
What is power?
The M in MANIA stands for this.
What is Militarism?
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The word for when one company owns everything in their industry and has no competition.
What is a monopoly?
A reason that someone would want to GO to another country. Example: Family living in that country, better pay, safer conditions.
What is a pull factor?
The third reason for imperialism, where countries wanted to make more money and have more financial power.
What is economic?
The first A in MANIA stands for this.
What is Allies?
This group of immigrants were the primary people to build the transcontinental railroad.
What are Chinese immigrants?
All the people and activities involved in making a product or service. For example, making cars, shoes, or fashion.
What is industry?
The largest immigration center located in New York, which was open from1892 to 1954.
What is Ellis Island?
The second reason for imperialism, where many countries believed that their country and way of life was better that other countries.
What is cultural superiority?
The N in MANIA stands for this.
What is Nationalism?
This type of map shows the landforms such as rivers and mountains.
What is a physical map?
Groups formed by workers to gain power so they can better their working conditions, often through strikes.
What is a union?
The process of blending into a society, including learning a new language, wearing similar clothes, and eating similar food.
What is assimilation?
The United States wanted to take over this place, because it was a great trading stop when trading to Asia, and they could grow crops year round.
What is Hawaii?
The I in MANIA stands for this.
What is Imperialism?
A law that required enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers, even if they were in a free state.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
A fire occurred at this factory, killing nearly 150 people due to unsafe conditions. It led to public outcry for change and to make the workplace safer.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
A journalist who wrote about the problems in America. A very famous one was Upton Sinclair.
What is a muckraker?
The United States wanted this territory so they could build a passage so boats could more easily ship goods to the other side of the United States.
What is Panama?
The second A in MANIA stands for this.
What is assassination?
The belief that the United States was supposed to move out West and that they should teach the "right way to live" to Native Americans.
What is Manifest Destiny?