Immigration
Push factor for Irish immigrants
Starvation and famine
Style of economy where businesses are privately-owned
Capitalism
A large business that is privately owned
corporation
What industry innovation led to repetitive and exhausting work with low pay?
mass production
This labor union represented many workers, but especially grew in 1877 from the railroad industry
Knights of Labor
What is the main pull factor for many European immigrants?
Economic opportunities/factory jobs
This means "free to do"
Laissez-faire
When the production of a type of good is controlled by one business
monopoly
What did workers begin to form in response to harsh working conditions?
labor unions
Labor union founded by Samuel Gombers
American Federation of Labor
Main port of entry for many immigrants coming into New York
Ellis Island
This word defines the use of machines in factories and production
mechanization
When corporations work together to control prices and products
trust
Clothes factories with long hours and very low wages
sweatshops
What would businesses do to try and force concessions from workers?
lockouts
The nickname that was given to many Nativists
Know-Nothings
What two inventions defined the rise of industrialization?
Electricity and the telephone
When.a wealthy person uses their wealth to "give back" to others
Philanthropy
What did many children who worked in factories deal with as side effects?
Strike where a bomb was thrown, multiple people were shot, and eight union members were convicted of conspiracy.
McCormick Reaper Works strike
The poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island
The New Colossus
State two impacts from the use of railroads
1. Transporting of goods across the country was dramatically faster
2. The use of railroads created the need for lumber, coal and steel - creating new industries
State the type of industry each person below specialized in:
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
John Rockefeller
Cornelius Vandebilt
Madam CJ Walker
Carnegie - steel
JP Morgan - banking
Rockefeller - oil
Vandebilt - railroads
Walker - beauty supplies
What two types of tools did unions use to fight for better working conditions?
1. strikes
2. collective bargaining
Strike where workers were attacked by the Pinkerton Detective Agency (hired by Andrew Carnegie)
Homestead Steel strike