Industrialism
This invention allowed products to be made faster by having workers perform one repeated task.
What is an assembly line
A company that controls most or all of an industry.
What is a monopoly
These cause many immigrants and workers to move to the inner cities.
What are factory jobs
Crowded, low-cost sections at the bottom of ships used by immigrants traveling across the Atlantic Ocean.
What are steerages
Political machines provided these in exchange for votes
What are jobs, food, services, or social assistance
This person used the moving assembly line to mass-produce the Model T automobile
Who is Henry Ford
This person built Standard Oil company and used horizonal integration to become an industry giant.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
Crowded, inexpensive housing that was common in inner cities.
What are tenements
East coast processing station that processed millions of new immigrants.
What is Ellis Island
This famous political boss controlled Tammany Hall and became a giant figure in New York City
Who is William "Boss" Tweed
This process made steel cheaper and easier to produce.
What is the Bessemer Process
Term meaning "government hands off", or government having little involvement
What is Laissez-Faire
Name two problems caused by rapid urbanization of the inner cities.
Any two: (What is) overcrowding, pollution, disease, poor sanitation, unsafe housing, crime
Immigrants that migrated to the U.S. before 1880's and were predominantly from Northern and Western Europe.
Immigrants that migrated to the U.S. after the 1880's and were predominantly from Southern and Eastern Europe.
What are old immigrants.
What are new immigrants.
Political machines were known for
Corruption
This helped industrialism and businesses grow by moving people and goods to create a national market.
What are railroads
Businessmen who are criticized for unfair practices.
Businessmen who are praised for growth and innovational practices
What are robber-barons
What are captains of industry
A negative factor that causes you to leave an area.
A positive factor that attracts you to an area.
What is a pull factor
Popular belief that favored native-born Americans over immigrants, leading to discrimination and demand for immigration restrictions.
What is nativism
Workers formed these in order to protest for worker's rights
What are labor unions
This person helped launch the American oil industry by successfully drilling for petroleum.
Who is Edwin Drake
Someone who uses personal wealth to help society by donating large amounts.
What is a philanthropist
Immigrants were crammed into these neighboring communities with other immigrants from the same native country.
What are ghettos
A policy that limited immigration to a certain quota by country.
or
A Policy that restricted Chinese immigration
Emergency Quota Act (1921)
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Why were the first labor union strikes considered unsuccessful?
Government interference