Vocab
Labor
Working, especially physical work
Where did Asians enter in from?
Angel Island
This type of overcrowded, unsafe housing became home to many working-class families and immigrants in cities
Tenements
This early 20th-century movement aimed to fix problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and corruption.
Progressive Era
Connected cities and allowed them to grow
Trains/Railroad
Progressive
A person or idea that supports social reform, change, and improvement,
Where did Europeans enter in to the United States?
Ellis Island
This 1906 law gave the federal government the authority to break up unfair business practices and trusts.
Antitrust / Sherman Antitrust Act enforcement?
In 1911, a fire at this New York City factory killed over 140 workers, highlighting unsafe working conditions
Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
What is Social Darwinism?
Survival of the fittest
Monopoly
When one company or group has complete control over a product or service
This 1882 law was the first significant legislation restricting immigration to the United States, specifically targeting one ethnic group
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This term describes journalists who exposed corruption, unsafe working conditions, and social problems during the Progressive Era.
Muckrakers
Upton Sinclair wrote this 1906 novel exposing the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
What is Laissez Faire
Gov't did not regulate business
Urbanization
The growth and expansion of cities
Many immigrants lived in these overcrowded, poorly ventilated apartment buildings in urban areas.
Tenements
The idea of people who are born in the U.S. not wanting immigrants
Nativism
Following The Jungle, this law was passed in 1906 to regulate food and drugs in the United States.
Pure Food and Drug Act
This man dominated the oil industry with his company, Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
Labor Unions
Organizations formed by workers to protect their rights and interests, such as fair wages, safe working conditions, and reasonable hours
Organizations like Tammany Hall in New York City helped immigrants find jobs and housing in exchange for what?
Votes
This photographer and journalist exposed the harsh living conditions of immigrants in tenements through his 1890 book How the Other Half Lives.
Jacob Riis
Progressive-era reformers fought for these workplace protections, including limiting child labor, improving safety, and setting maximum working hours.
Labor reforms or workers rights
What was the book Andrew Carnegie wrote?
Gospel of Wealth