Immigration
What was the name of the immigration check point outside of NYC that immigrants arrived at during the late 1800s and early 1900s
Ellis Island
The Gilded Age lead to increased production of consumer goods within factories. It also lead rapid growth of cities around those factories know as what?
Urbanization
What is one reason the Stock Market crashed?
Over borrowing from banks
Too much faith in the stock market
Rapid selling of shares
Name of the period of achievement by African-American writers and artists in New York City.
Harlem Renaissance
Define a budget
Estimate of income vs spending over a certain period of time
What was the name of the immigration check point outside of San Francisco that immigrants arrived at during the late 1800s and early 1900s
Angel Island
What two innovations lead to the increased efficiency of industry?
Steam Engine
Assembly Lines
To help end the Great Depression
What were 3 affects that the roaring 20's had on women?
Shorter dresses
Shorter hair
Drinking/Smoking
Careers
Independence
Voting
What was the Dust Bowl and how did it affect working in the USA
Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?
Chinese immigrants and US citizens on the West coast faced a lot of conflict so Chinese immigrants were banned in the US for 10 years.
How did the Transcontinental Railroad lead to increased industrialization within the US?
It allowed for business to connect from coast to coast. Goods, resources, and people could now be moved much easier.
What did the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 do?
Gave the National Government more power and control over the US economy to help end the Great Depression
What was the Great Migration?
The movement of over a million African-Americans from the south to the North and West to escape discrimination, racism, and violence.
In 1918, the majority of citizens in the United States switched from living in rural areas to urban. Please explain what this means.
More citizens were now living in cities (urban) instead of smaller towns (rural)
Jane Addams began the career of social working by opening up settlement houses in Chicago and other cities that went by what name?
Hull House
In the political cartoons we looked at in class, why were the Robber Barons of industry displayed as octopi (octopus)
To show how Robber Barons bought and controlled their entire industry
Why did the Great Depression lead to less job stability and increased competition for jobs?
Thousands lost their jobs due to industries shutting down or downsizing leading to increased in job competition
Explain how the Great Migration lead to the Harlem Renaissance?
Cultural diffusion of African Americans lead to over 100,000 moving to Harlem NY to share ideas, interests, and culture
Define a monopoly (no, not the board game)
Why were factory job mostly occupied by immigrants?
Its an "unskilled job" you don't need an education or the ability to speak English to work on an assembly line
Name two reasons for the Economic Boom of the 1920's
New consumer goods
Growth of Industry
People borrowing money
Describe what a Hooverville was.
A shanty town named after President Hoover who was blamed for the Great Depression. People would make their homes out of any materials they could find
What two Amendments directly relate to the Prohibition? What did they do?
18th- made it illegal to produce, sell, or consume alcohol in the United States
21st- repealed the 18th Amendment
Andrew Carnegie had a monopoly over which industry? (product)
Steel