Immigration
Who was the poem on the Statue of Liberty written for?
immigrants
What were the apartments called that immigrants lived in?
tenements
Someone who treats their workers poorly.
Robber barron or Captain of Industry
Robber Barron
leaders of big business who made their money through dishonest and unfair business tactics
Robber barrons
With new factory systems and interchangeable parts, were goods made faster and cheaper or slower and more expensive?
faster and cheaper
Where did the "old" immigrants come from?
Northern or Southern Europe
Northern Europe
Define urbanization
The movement of a
population to cities.
Someone who donates money.
Robber Barron or Captain of Industry
Captain of Industry
A very successful entrepreneur who has contributed positively to business and society
Captain of Industry
True or False:
Supply and demand both increased during the industrial age
TRUE
Where did the "new" immigrants come from?
Northern or Southern Europe?
Southern Europe
Did immigration lead to an increase or decrease in growing cities?
increase
What did Rockefeller do to strengthen and build the Standard Oil Company?
He forced smaller companies to sell to him
a brick apartment building for immigrants
tenements
Letters, diaries, photographs, and journals were all examples of primary or secondary sources?
Primary
Push or pull factor:
Fertile land, or land to grow crops on, in the United States
pull factor
Rapid urbanization, or growing cities, was a direct result of what?
Immigrants moving to the US
Define an assembly line
People work together to assemble products
The age of EXTREME gaps between Wealth and Poverty
The __________ age
Guilded age
A chapter from a textbook is a primary or secondary source?
secondary
Push or pull factor:
Religious discrimination in your country
Push factor
How did immigration change factories and city life. Come up with 2 examples-
1- increased population
2- creation of tenements
3- crowded conditions
4- poor working and living conditions
More goods were sold to other countries OR hand tools were replaced by machines
hand tools were replaced by machines
Things that make people leave their homeland (usually negative).
Push or pull factor
push
Why didn't business men improve the working conditions of the factories? Give TWO examples-
1- wanted money for themselves
2- wanted cheap labor
3- child labor
4- no laws or regulations