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3 areas of advancement during the Industrial Revolution
What are transportation, communication, and invention (of the light bulb)? Also acceptable: manufacturing, mass production
100
The ruling that stated that as long as there were equal facilities provided, they could be separate based on race.
What is the Plessy vs. Fergusson Supreme Court ruling in 1898?
100
Push factors which motivated immigrants to leave their home countries and move to the U.S.
What are war, poverty, and discrimination?
100
the effect of the Chinese Exclusion Act
What is immigration from China was limited with literacy tests and quota systems?
100
The negative effects of urbanization
What are overcrowding in the cities and poor living conditions in tenements in slums?
200
Two methods of communication invented during this time period which impacted the growth of industry
What are the telegraph and the telephone?
200
made medicine and foods cleaner and safer (2 regulations)
What are the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act?
200
Pull factors which attracted immigrants to the United States
What are the promise of economic opportunity (jobs), religious freedom, political and social equality, and an education?
200
This limited Japanese immigration, but, was imposed by the Japanese government.
What is the Gentleman's Agreement?
200
a definition of mass production and its affect on manufacturing
What is using machines to make many products at once allowing industries and businesses to grow and produce more products inexpensively?
300
Ways that the invention of the light bulb affected manufacturing
What are the light bulb allowed people to work at night, and were cleaner, safer, and brighter than oil lamps and the light bulb allowed factories to create more shifts which led to more workers being hired and more good being produced?
300
made sure railroad rates were fair
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)?
300
the two groups who were limited in their immigration to the U.S. (Hint: One group was considered "old" and the other "new.)
Who are the Chinese and the Japanese?
300
The group discriminated against, not by the government with laws, but by the people and individual businesses
Who are the Irish?
300
a positive effect of urbanization during the Industrial Revolution
What is reformers worked for better living and working conditions?
400
Ways in which new methods of communication impacted the growth of industry
What is the telegraph and telephone allowed people to communicate with others who were far away more quickly? Also, this allowed people in large buildings to communicate with people on other floors or in other parts of the building.
400
broke up monopolies into smaller businesses
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
400
the difference between "old immigrants" and "new immigrants"
What is "old immigrants" came from England, Ireland, Germany and were mostly Protestants, prior to the 1890s, but, "new immigrants were from Italy, the Slavic States of the Balkan Peninsula, and Russia and were mostly Catholic or Jewish?
400
Reasons that immigrants faced resistance from native-born Americans (Name 2 of the 4)
What are... 1. American Protestants were prejudiced against Catholics because they believed they wouldn't serve as good American democrats because they followed the authority of the Pope. 2. Fear that political bosses could manipulate the immigrant vote. 3. Fear that immigrants would take jobs and drive down wages. 4. Many failed to assimilate into American society.
400
how labor was reformed during this time period
What are labor unions and Progressives helped workers to get better pay, shorter work days, and safer working conditions? (Also: child labor laws and mandatory school attendance laws)
500
ways in which new methods of transportation impact the growth of industry
What is trains, cable cars, and cars allowed people to travel farther away and more quickly which also let to railroads shipping raw materials to cities where manufacturers changed raw materials into consumer products?
500
laws which mandated segregation in all public facilities
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
500
the reason for the U.S. government limiting immigration
What is native-born Americans were prejudiced against new immigrants?
500
ways that immigrants contribute to the culture and economy of the U.S.
What is bringing different languages, foods, religions, customs and making America like a "salad bowl"? (Also acceptable: exercising their right to vote and making political changes, contributing to the growth and development of the U.S., and providing a labor force)
500
the impact of big business
What is progressives began working to keep monopolies and trusts from having too much control and influence over the American economy and politics OR they encouraged the government to have an open immigration policy to keep the work force plentiful and cheap?