What is modern workers during the late 19th century
100
Came to America for economic opportunities
Religious freedom
What is immigrants during the late 19th century
100
Building Materials
Communications
Transportation
Technological Inventions-Late 19th Century
100
Tax on imported goods making the price high enough to protect domestic goods from foreign competition
What is Protective Tariffs
100
Came to America for economic opportunities
Religious freedom
What is Immigrants-Late 19th Century
200
Denied unions recognition as legally protected groups
What is United States reaction to labor unions
200
Eastern Europeans, Catholics, Buddhists, Jews,
What is post 1870 migration
200
Spurred the most economic growth more than any other industry
What is the railroads
200
Primarily designed to separate functions within a city
What is zoning Laws
200
Motivated by steady employment
Close to industrial jobs
What is Rural to Urban Migration
300
1886 labor-related protest in Chicago which ended in deadly violence
Americans turned away from radicalism
What is the Haymarket Riot
300
Large immigration processing station in New York by the Statue of Liberty
Immigrants were checked for medical conditions and legal standing
Usually left within hours
What is Ellis Island
300
More than any other innovation it extended the number of hours during the day so Americans could work and play longer
What is innovations in electricity
300
Created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Regulate Business
Originally created to oversee railroad operations
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
300
Characterized by a façade of prosperity
Middle Class-New emphasis on acquiring goods
Advertisement resulted in consumption patterns
What is the Gilded Age
400
American labor leader
Founded the American Federation of Labor
Who is Samuel Gompers
400
1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers
Prevented the Chinese from entering the country
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
400
Created by steel that became more abundant in the late 19th century
Became feasable because of one invention in particular
What are skyscrapers
400
Federal laws and amendments (13th, 14th, 15th Ammendments)
Revoked by local and state governments
What is Rights of Southern Blacks
400
1887 law that divided up reservation land into private family plots
Goal of U.S. government was the assimilation of Native Americans
What is the Dawes General Allotment Act
500
Limited membership of skilled craftspeople and focused on economic reforms
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
500
Immigration processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910
Immigrants had a much longer wait often taking weeks
What is Angel Island
500
Cost of living decreased
What is new inventions that made manufacturing more efficient
500
1890 law banning any trust that restrained interstate trade of commerce
Put limitations on large corporations
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act
500
System in which one company controls the business that makes up all phases of a products development