Immigration
What were the names of the 2 immigration depots?
Angel Island and Ellis Island
What are Muckrakers'?
These were journalists and authors who exposed corruption in society.
Who are Robber Barons?
Industrialists who became wealthy due to exploitation of: Politics, Resources, Workers
Give me some reasons for the progressive movement
Major Income Gap
Corruption in Government and Society
Inequality
Who were Muckrakers?
Was the 1862 Homestead Act a “Push” Factor or a “Pull” Factor?
Journalist who exposed corruption
Push factor
Who came up with the term Muckrackers?
President Theodore Roosevelt
What were at least two negative views of Robber Barons?
They kept wages low by attacking labor unions
Polluted the environment
Manipulated the Government for their own goals
Created monopolies
What is a Referendum?
Preliminary election where people choose candidates
Allows legislation to be submitted to the voters for approval
_______ are small, hot, dark, and dirty workhouses. Immigrants would work in these 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. What were the buildings called Immigrants lived in?
Sweatshops, Tenements
Who wrote "History of Standard Oil"?
What did it expose?
Ida Tarbell
The corruption and monopolization of the oil industry
What were some of the positive views of Robber Barons?
Created efficient methods of mass production
Made the economy stronger and helped the US advance in tech
Created numerous jobs
What does a Recall mean for an elected official?
What is the 17th amendment?
Allows voters to remove an official
Direct election of Senators
What led to the downfall of the Knights of Labor?
The Knights of Labor would only allow Skilled workers in the Union. True or False?
The Knights got the blame from the Haymarket Riot and was seen as being too radical
False
Who wrote the book that exposed the abuses and unsanitary condition in the food industry?
What was the book called?
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Who was the Robber Baron that monopolized the steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
What is the 16th Amendment?
What is the prohibition Amendment?
Income Tax
18th Amendment
Two major strikes we talked about were called _________ Strike was part of an epidemic of strikes that took place as economic depression spread across America. Who owned the steel mill where one of these strikes took place?
Homestead strike - Carnegie
Pullman Strike
What was the name of the book that exposed the living and working conditions of immigrants?
Who wrote the book?
How the other half lives
Jacob Riis
Who was the Robber Baron that Monopolized the Oil industry?
Who was the Robber Baron that Monopolized the Railroads?
John D Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What Act did Roosevelt use in order to break up Trusts?
What amendment overturned Prohibition?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The 21st Amendment