WORDS AND TERMS
a large labor supply, an abundance of natural resources, and the construction of new railroads contributed to
Growth of Industry and business
The Increase of people moving from from the farms to cities
Urbanization
The term "robber barons" was used during the Gilded Age to characterize
leaders of big business
The theory of Social Darwinism was often used to justify the
formation of business monopolies
The belief and policy that native born citizens should have more rights than immigrants
Nativism
This term was used to divide the country into 2 geographical areas before the Civil War and a big reason why the war started.
Sectionalism
What happened as a result of the election of 1860 where Lincoln became President?
Divided the country into north and south - sectionalism.
What was the name of the large immigration center in New York Harbor?
Ellis Island
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, where did most of the immigrants to the United States settle?
urban areas of the Northeast
The Erie Canal connected the east coast with the midwest and help share ideas with this movement in 1848 at Seneca Falls?
Women's rights movement
Most Americans disagreed over immigrants coming to America but which group of people NEEDED immigrants?
Factory owners
or
Politicians
These were laws created by southern states to prevent African Americans from getting rights and the keeping segregation
Jim Crow Laws
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and who did they help?
Free
Citizens
Vote
Helped African Americans
Which Movie chronicles the life of Italian Immigrant Vito Andolini?
Godfather 2
Two results of the Industrial Revolution in the United States
Immigration increased, Urbanization increased, Unions developed, Better working conditions for workers, Corporations, Monopolies, and trusts were formed