Gilded Age
This is when production increases, cost per item decreases
What are economies of scale
This is the separation of a work process into a number of tasks, with each task done by a separate person
What is Division of Labor
This person developed the idea of a central electric power station and used direct current
Who is Thomas Edison
This person established the National Women's Party in 1916 and organized the silent sentinels
Who is Alice Paul
These are what compel people to leave their homes such as famine, war, or persecution
What are push factors
What is The Gilded Age
This is an inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel
What is The Bessemer Process
They patented a method of power generation, transmission and distribution of alternating current (AC) electricity
Who is Nikola Tesla
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized this, which was the first women's rights meeting
What is the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848
These are what draw people to a new place such as economic opportunity or religious freedom
What are pull factors
This is the idea that those who are "fit" in business will become rich, while those who are not will remain poor
What is Social Darwinism
This union welcomed all skilled and unskilled workers, blacks, and women. They wanted to end child labor, make sure there was equal pay for equal work, and only have 8 hour workdays.
What is Knights of Labor
This is the author who wrote, Children of the Poor, which exposed the effects of long hours and poor working conditions on child workers
This amendment was ratified as a "war measure" on August 18, 1920
What is the 19th Amendment
Americanization are when newcomers learned English and adopted American lifestyles. This word that is somewhat similar, is when people are absorbed into the main culture of a society (not always by choice)
What is assimilate
An economic and political philosophy that favors government control of property and income
What is socialism
This act attempted to restore business competition and a self regulating economy
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act
They established the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
The first time women were legally allowed to vote in every state was this time
What is the 1920 presidential election
This is when people of all different nationalities blended together to create a single culture
What is melting pot
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods
What is capitalism
This is when workers negotiate as a group with their employers for better wages and working conditions
This industrialist brought the Bessemer Process to America and also preached the Gospel of Wealth
Who is Andrew Carnegie
These people made all the decisions, were financially in charge, and were the only people who could vote
Who are men
This act was in place until 1965 and set limits on the number of immigrants that could enter from each country
What is the Immigration Act of 1942