Industrialization
this would have been a philanthropist who uses their wealth to give back to society
Captain of Industry
an example of a pull factor for immigration would be
America was the land of opportunity, streets paved in gold, jobs, religious freedom etc.
journalists & photographers who worked to expose issues from industrialization
Muckrakers
Why was America interested in imperialism at the end of the 1800s?
Military bases and markets for goods
a woman who was gaining more freedoms during the 1920s (shorter dresses, ability to work outside the home..)
flapper
Shady business practices allowed and a monopoly allowed this person to take over the oil buisness
John D. Rockefeller
most "new" immigrats were coming from where?
south & eastern Europe and Asia
He wrote the book the Jungle, and his work helped create the FDA
Upton Sinclair
America took control of Hawaii in order to avoid paying taxes on sugar. What work means to take over?
annex
Explain buying on credit
when you put a small amount of mobey down and then pay monthy so anyone could purchase large ticket items like washing machines and cars
during this time america had to build up instead of out - so they created
skyscrappers and elevators
this was a movement to teach immigrants english, and how to be more american
Americanization
conservation was Teddy Roosevelt policy to help protect what?
the environment
at the beginign of WWI America wanted to remain
neutral
the movement from the south to the north in the early 1900s looking for work, and to escape the jim crow south
great migration
what happened at the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
149 women trapped inside, bad working conditions, sweatshop many died leads to labor unions and major changes to fire safety
a person who is fearful of outsiders and has a hatred toward immigrants
Nativist
who was president when women got the right to vote? Also president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Identify thwo other places that America impeiralized
panama, philippines, guam, wake island, midway, Samoan islands
an example of a Harlem Renaissance artists
duke ellington langston hughes jacob Lawrence billie holiday
when the government does not get involved in the economy and buisness owners can make make their own choices
laissez faire
IMMIGRANTS often fell victim to these, where they were promised food and housing and jobs in exchange for votes
political machines
This muckraker worked to expose the standard oil company
Ida Tarbell
One reason people from Puerto Rico would NOT want to become a state
1. loss of culture
2. changes to their economy
3. past history of racism and discrimination
which area or sector of AMERICA did NOT do well AFTER wwi
FARMING - BECAUSE THERE WAS A SURPLUS OF CROPS