Gilded Age
What are Primary Sources?
First Hand account of an event
What are Secondary sources?
Second hand account of an event
What does the term Home front refer to
How the war is fought in the home country
3 examples of push factors
3 examples of pull factors
Push:
-War
-Famine
-Poverty
-Corrupt Govt
Pull:
-Education
-Living conditions
-Jobs
3 advancements made by Thomas Edison
Light Bulb
Electricity
Phonograph
(any of his inventions)
3 advancements made by Andrew Carnegie
Steel Process
Skyscrapers
Bridges
2 contributions women made to WW1
-Nurses in the War
-Took the jobs men left behind
3 effects monopolies have on American society
-Higher Prices
-Lower Quality of products
-limited options for buyers
3 advancements made by John D Rockefeller
Kerosene into homes
Oil Refining business
3 advancements made by Cornelius Vanderbilt
Transportation from one side of the country to the other
First Monopoly
Advancement of railroads
Why was there an increasing number of job vacancies during ww1
The men went to fight in the war
what effect did the Chinese exclusion act have on American society?
Brought violence towards the Chinese Americans
3 advancements made by labor unions
8 hour work day
minimum wage
child labor laws
safer working conditions
How did the Jungle impact American Society
-Brought attention towards the unsanitary working conditions of factories
-Helped establish safer working conditions
-Helped pass the Meat Inspection Act
What is Imperialism
When a stronger nation takes over a weaker nation
What does the Motto Kill the Indian Save the Man mean
Get rid of the Native American culture and turn them into a white person
3 advancements made by labor strikes
Got attention from the president
Got rid of monopolies
Established labor unions
What is a Monopoly
When one person/company owns the whole industry
What role did Imperialism play during WW1
Germany took over the weaker nations surrounding her
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act (3 things)
-Banned Chinese from entering the U.S. for 10 years
-Deported Chinese Immigrants
-Chinese Immigrants were not allowed to work in the U.S.