Immigration
What is "Nativism"
Anti-immigrant beliefs
Describe Andrew Carnegie.
Steel Industry
Vertical Integration
Gospel of Wealth
What is the “Promontory Point"
When the two railroad points connected
Laissez Faire
Believed that government should not attempt to control or regulate business
How many questions are considered "short answer questions" on the AP Exam?
4
What were at least 2 attempts to exclude immigrants from the United States during the Industrial Revolution?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Literacy Test
quotas
Who came up with the idea of "rags to riches"?
Horatio Alger
What 2 companies built the railroads?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
Gospel of Wealth
belief that the wealthy had a moral obligation to help out those less fortunate
How many SAQ are you required to answer?
3
Where were these new Immigrants mostly entering the United States (think of where boats entered the US)?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Describe Jane Adams.
Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and advocated for world peace
These 2 industries grew because of the railroad.
- steel
- coal
Industrial revolution
Rapid economic transformation of american society
How many multiple choice questions are on the AP Exam?
How many minutes do you have to respond to that section?
55 questions
55 minutes
Explain the definitions of "push" versus "pull" factors & give an example of each during the Industrial Revolution.
Push = situation that forces someone to leave country
Pull = Situation that inspires someone to enter a specific country
Examples = lack of jobs (especially because of automation), corruption, persecution for beliefs, colonialism & its effects, American ideas, job opportunities
Alexander Graham Bell created this:
telephone
What were at least 3 issues with sudden urbanization?
- Poverty
- Divided by race & class
- Lack of sanitation & clean water
- Political Corruption
- Disease
What is the difference between horizontal integration vs. Vertical Integration?
Vertical integration is when we control all aspects of manufacturing- from extracting raw materials to selling the finished product meanwhile Horizontal integration is revolved around controlling and merging competing companies into one giant corporation
What procedure/technique do we use for the SAQ?
ACE
Answer
Cite
Explain
Name at least 3 differences of these "new" immigrants versus the "old" immigrants. (These were some of the stereotypes people used to explain their racism.)
Religion
class
education/skills
How do W.E.B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington differ in ideology?
- looked at racism as large force in modern America that needed to change vs wanted equality in the system now.
How did the building of the transcontinental railroad expand immigration (both in the country & out of the country) & business.
People moved for jobs, and also had the ability to travel easier within the US.
Businesses had more opportunities to sell their products to a wider audience.
Give 2 examples of organizations created during the Social Gospel Movement
Salvation Army
YMCA
YWCA
How many DBQ essays are on the AP Exam?
1