Age of Railroads
This railroad was finished on May 10th 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah. It connected the East Coast to the West Coast.
The First Transcontinental Railroad
These low quality apartments are where the majority of immigrants would live when moving into a city
Tenemants
What does W.A.S.P. stand for?
White. Anglo. Saxon. Protestant
This is the term that is used to refer to the group that controled the activites of a political party in a city
Political Machine
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
This farmers' organization was formed to combat the abuses of the railroad companies.
The Grange
What two groups mainly contributed to the growth of cities?
Immigrants and Farmers
What is the difference between Old and New Immigrants?
Old Immigrants:
Before 1890 - spoke English, protestant, from Northern and Western Europe
New Immigrants:
After 1890 - Did not speak English, Catholic or Jewish, from Southern and Eastern Europe
This political Boss was responsible for defrauding the city of New York, through various forms of graft, out of an estimated $200 million dollars
Boss Tweed
Who was the 40th president of the US?
Ronald Reagan
This construction company was created by stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad. They were accused of committing fraud by charging the government double what it cost to build railroads. It will ultimately lead to the reputation of the republican party to be tarnished.
Credit Mobilier
What dieases ran rampant in cities due to overcrowding and bad drinking water
Cholera and Typhoid fever
What are Push and Pull Factors?
Push factors are the reasons an immigrant leaves a country
Pull factors are the reasons why an immigrant comes to a country
What was the reason that city bosses built parks, sewers, donated money to schools and hospitals?
They wanted to guarentee the loyalty of the voters and win more political support
Who was the first president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
Why did the Pullman Strike of 1894 happen?
George Pullman raised rent while lowering wages
This movement believed that salvation would be found through helping out the poor
The Social Gospel Movement
This immigration processing center was widely used to process Asian immigrants, mostly Chinese.
Angel Island
Why did immigrants vote for obviously corrupt political machines
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Name 2 benefits and 2 detriments of the expansion of the railroads.
Benefits:
Interconnected Markets
Movement of Goods, ideas, and people
Growth of industry
Jobs
Boosted economy
Detriments:
Corruption of the government
Concentration of power in the railroad companies
Stifling of competition
Unfair treatment of workers
Unfair treatment of farmers
Building on Native American land - leading to tensions
Name 4 out of 6 challenges we talked about in regards to rapbid urbanization during the gilded age
Fires
Water issues
Crime
Housing
Transportation
Sanation
Literacy Tests, Chinese Exclusion Act, Immigrant quotas, Gentlemen's Agreement,
This is the term given to the system of giving political jobs in return for helping a candidate elected. And what is the act that will get rid of this system?
Pendleton Civil Service Act
What does the quote "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy" refer to?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor