Immigration
Rise of Industry
monopolies
unions
important vocab
hodge podge
100
intense distrust and dislike of immigrants
what is nativism
100
abundance of raw materials, new technology, expanding markets, cheap labor and national transportation system
what are factors in the Rise of Industry?
100
“survival of the fittest” applied to competition within societies
Industrialists used idea to justify wealth and monopolies
what is social darwinism?
100
federal government promoted domestic manufacturing with
TARIFFS
100
economy with little to no government regulation
What is Laissez-Faire?
100
industrial change that made building skyscrapers possible
what is new way to make steel
200
processing center for Europeans coming to the east coast
what is ellis island?
200
activity for women that provided freedom in a restrictive world
What is the bicycle?
200
reasons that monopolies are bad for consumers
What are high prices and low quality
200
What did workers do to organize and protect themselves? (3)
Workers formed unions and used tactics such as strikes and collective bargaining to protect themselves.
200
wrote novels about “Rags to Riches” American stories.
Who is Horatio Algar?
200
how were "new immigrants" different from "old immigrants"
Most immigrants were poor, unskilled individuals from eastern and southern Europe.
300
what is this a picture of and what are common characteristics experienced by people living here
what is a Tenemant Apartment
crowded tenements, sweatshops, lack of sanitation
300
Big business was able to build monopolies and deny workers' rights
what is free enterprise/laissez-faire
300
Andrew Carnegie bought freighters, railroads, and coal companies to increase profits
What is vertical integration?
300
Required workers to take oaths
Sign contracts
Blacklist
Lockouts
What are ways Business owners discouraged workers to join unions?
300
is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time.
What is a patent?
300
what industry prompted the creation of time zones
what are railroads?
400
What caused Americans to become nativists?
The new immigrants were willing to work for less money causing some Americans to lose their jobs.
400
a person who takes an idea and turns it into profit
What is a entrepreneur?
400
Rockefeller ended up owing 90% of all oil refineries by buying up competitors so you own nearly all the companies at the same level of production
what is horizontal integration?
400
If a strike fails, laborers also had to face the prospect of being fired or having to get in line behind replacement workers for a position or possibly getting hurt or killed at a protest.
What are reasons unions struggle to organize?
400
was the Supreme Court case that said the Chinese Exclusion Act was constitutional but only applied to new immigrants and did not impact citizens.
Yick Wo v. Hopkins
400
what does this picture tell us about working conditions?
Children worked in conditions that could be potentially dangerous to their health and safety.
500
in 1882, was the first legislation to suspend immigration from a particular nationality
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
500
process that enabled steel to be manufactured quickly and cheaply
what is the Bessemer Process?
500
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” ~Henry Ford
what is gospel of wealth
500
Railroad strike where the government intervened because the mail could not be interrupted. Federal government issued an injunction = court order
What was the Pullman Strike?
500
provide favors and improve the immigrant community in order to gain votes and political power.
What is a political machine?
500
what business practice is this cartoon portraying?
What is a monopoly?
600
what conclusion can be drawn about new immigrants
New immigrants faced more prejudice and discrimination than the old immigrants.
600
what does this tell us about child labor/big business and laissez faire economics
The child labor system was sustained by the evils of industry.
600
how did government help big businesses achieve monopolies? (4)
Tariffs, land grants to RR, open immigration and patents
600
what was main goal of the IWW
to unite workers to fight for higher wages, shorter working hours, and better working conditions
600
Who created monopolies and raised prices to unfair levels (label-not a person's name)
Robber Barons
600
how did workers perceive Pullman?
as a taskmaster who was only concerned about making money