Part 1
Political Cartoonist who helped bring down Boss Tweed
Thomas Nast
Name of the political machine that Boss Tweed controlled.
Tammany Hall
What was the name of the immigration processing station on the West Coast
Angel Island
Name for the time from roughly 1890-1920 when reformers were trying to fix the economic, political, and social problems of America.
Progressive Era
The invention that lit up the world
Light Bulb
John D. Rockefellers industry
Oil
Where did the people of the New Immigration come from?
Southern & Eastern Europe: Italian, Russian, plus Japanese & Chinese
What was the purpose of a political machine?
The purpose of a political machine was to gain and maintain political power through a network of patronage, favors, and loyalty among supporters.
How many people immigrated to the United states from 1865-1918?
About 30 million
The name of the immigration processing station on the East Coast.
Ellis Island
This prohibited Chinese workers from entering the country.
The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882).
Andrew Carnegie's industry
Steel
What was the name of the railroad that connected the east coast to the west coast?
The Transcontinental Railroad
This event claimed the lives of 146 people and forced companies to make working conditions safer.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Why are monopolies a problem?
Control trade; lead to higher prices and other abuses.
Who did Andrew Carnegie appoint to take care of the Homestead Strike?
Henry Clay Frick
City that Boss Tweed controlled, located across the Hudson River from New Jersey.
New York City
JP Morgan's industry
Banking
Definition for ASSIMILATION THEORY OF IMMIGRATION
Immigrants adapting to the American culture and learning English
Which goal of progressive reformers was met by the creation of political primaries and the ratification of the 17th Amendment.
Put power in the hands of people directly; ending political corruption.
Name at least one of the laws that were implemented to "bust" monopolies
Sherman Anti- Trust Act
Clayton Anti- Trust Act
Name of the Mercenary Group hired to control the Homestead Strike.
The Pinkertons
List the five technologies we focused on during this unit.
Elevator, Skyscraper, Subway, Telephone, Lightbulb
Cornelius Vanderbilt's industry
Railroads
Old Immigration locations
Northern & Western Europe: Irish and German
What is Nativism
Apart from breaking up monopolies, what was another economic goal of progressive reformers?
Safer Urbanized cities
Deal with unsafe working conditions
Managing Natural Resources
Child Labor
Temperance advocates finally succeeded in getting the 18th Amendment to the Constitution ratified, which did the following:
Banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol.
The Process that produced steel at a faster and efficient rate.
The Bessemer Process
John Rockefeller's main rival and ally (Not a Captain of Industry)
Tom Scott