Industrialization
The economic system that allowed businesses to operate with little to no government regulation.
capitalism
This was the main pull factor that drew people from rural areas to cities during the Gilded Age.
What are factory jobs?
So-called "New Immigrants" came from these parts of the world.
What were Southern and Eastern Europe?
This man built a fortune in steel and believed the wealthy had a duty to help society.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This type of overcrowded city housing was common for poor families.
What is a tenement?
This 1882 law banned Chinese immigration.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
These powerful business leaders were called this when they used unfair methods to gain wealth.
What are robber barons?
This reformer’s photos exposed poverty and poor living conditions in tenements.
Who is Jacob Riis?
This 1917 law required immigrants to pass a reading test.
What is the Literacy Test Act?
This oil tycoon created a monopoly known as Standard Oil.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This 1911 factory fire led to new safety laws and workplace reforms.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
Many Americans opposed immigration because they feared immigrants would take jobs and change culture—this belief is called what?
What is nativism?
This idea applied the idea of “survival of the fittest” to justify big-business success and inequality.
What is Social Darwinism?
This woman founded Hull House to help immigrants adjust to life in America.
Who is Jane Addams?
This New York Harbor station processed millions of immigrants entering the U.S.
What is Ellis Island?