Inventions/Inventors
What inventions were invented during this time? (list at least two)
Morse’s Telegraph and Code, The Telephone, Business and Home. Henry Ford’s Automobile, The First Airplane
What kind of corruption was happening during the Progressives Era?
Big businesses were taking advantage of little businesses.
What places were developing causing people to move from rural areas?
Cities
What is the definition of emigrate?
To Leave one's home country and settle permanently in another country
What manufacturing system was used to create the Model T Ford?
The Ford Motor Company's moving assembly line
When manufacturing the Model T, what process revolutionized mass production?
The Assembly Line
As more women were starting to look for an education, what kind were they looking for? (list two)
Nursing & teaching
Which town was known for being the center of steel production?
Pittsburgh
During this time, what country were most immigrants immigrating to?
The United States
Who worked in factories for long hours and not much pay? (list two)
Women and Children
What invention did Alexander Graham invent?
The Telephone
What were progressives that brought new energy to the reform movement called, and what did they do/expose?
They were called muckrakers, and they exposed corruption in businesses
Where did most poor people and immigrants live in the big cities?
Tenements
How many years did the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibit Chinese workers from enter the United States?
10 years
Which president supported business regulation and enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who made the first Morse’s Telegraph and Code?
Samuel Morse
As more families moved to the cities, how did their family dynamics change?
Their families often became smaller
What were some serious problems that occurred as the cities grew? (list at least two)
Garbage piled up, horse manure piled up, and many diseases were spreading
What were the main reasons for the immigrants leaving their home countries to come to the United States?
Economic hardship, jobs, living space, and money
What were the main factors of production? (list at least two)
Land, labor, and capital
Where did Thomas Edison set up his laboratory, the place where he produced the phonograph?
Menlo Park, New Jersey
What organization did reformers found to make the cities more honest, efficient, and address corruption?
The National Municipal League
What organization was established to help with the problems that poor people faced, along with the problems that were caused by diseases?
The American Red Cross
How did most immigrants travel to the United States?
They traveled by ships that would enter through ports when they arrived in New York
Who ran New York City’s democratic political machine in the 1860s and 1870s?
William M. Tweed