Industrialization
In what country did the Industrialization Revolution begin?
What is England?
What was the majority group of people coming through Ellis Island?
What are "Europeans"?
Who made up the majority of workers in the factories/sweatshops?
What are immigrants?
Preference of native born white Americans over "new immigrants".
What is Nativisim?
What material was used for skyscrapers, elevators and suspension bridges?
What is steel?
What was the majority group of people coming through Angel Island?
What are "Asians"?
Negotiating as a group with their employer for better wages or conditions.
What is Collective bargaining?
Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens.
What is Americanization?
Who founded the Standard Oil Company?
Who is John D Rockefeller?
What type of factor would economic opportunities be?
What is the pull factor?
What used “collective bargaining, boycotts and strikes to win gains.”
What are Unions?
Society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture.
What is melting pot?
People who build and manage businesses or enterprises in order to make a profit.
What are entrepreneurs?
Rural to urban, expansion of cities and/or increase in population.
What is urbanization?
Means of production are publicly controlled and regulated rather than owned by individuals.
What is Socialism?
Term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post Reconstruction era as a facade of prosperity.
What is Gilded Age?
What time zone is Roselle based in?
What is Eastern Standard Time?
Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of the Chinese already in the US and refused naturalization of Chinese residents.
What is "Chinese Exclusion Act"?
Believed society, not just individuals should control a nation's wealth = distributed equally to everyone.
What are Socialist?
Purchasing of goods and services with the purpose of impressing others.
What is Conspicuous consumerism?