Immigration
Idea that the US was meant to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
Another name for apartment-style buildings
Tenements
What were 2 ways that people disposed of their waste during the Industrial Age?
Throwing waste out the window, polluting rivers,
Henry Ford's notable innovation for building things in factories
Henry Ford set a high wage for his workers. What was their pay per day?
$5
Entry point for immigrants arriving from Europe
Ellis Island
Major cities were built along ___________
Railroad lines
What pulled people to live in urban cities?
Factory jobs
The Progressive Movement was pushed by people in which social class? (lower, middle, upper...)
Middle class
Name for when smaller companies join together as one larger corporation
Trust
Entry point for immigrants arriving from Asia
Angel Island
The Irish were discriminated against because of _____.
Their Catholic religion
These 2 immigrant groups were instrumental to building the Transcontinental Railroad
Irish and Chinese
Which movement within the Progressive era led the push to ban alcohol?
Temperance Movement
This US President was known for his passage of a "Square Deal"
Theodore Roosevelt
Law that offered up to 160 acres of land to people who agreed to move Westward
Homestead Act
Law that targeted Chinese immigrants, banning them from immigrating or becoming citizens
Chinese Exclusion Act
3 effects of the Transcontinental Railroad were
Reduced travel time, urbanization, and economic growth
Pseudo-science (fake science) that attempted to improve human genes by controlling who can and can't reproduce
Eugenics
Law that gave the government power to breakup corporations that became too big
Sherman Antitrust Act
Anti-immigrant sentiments were known as
Nativism
WASP stands for (4 letters)
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
From the 1800s to the 1900s, the US transformed from an _____ society to and ______ one
Agrarian, Industrial
The Jungle was the main reason this law got passed. The law said you could not sell misbranded meat.
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Name of the largest oil company of the early 1900s
Standard Oil