Urban Life
— This term describes the movement of people from the countryside into cities, causing cities to grow.
Urbanization
What do we call a person who moves to another country intending to live there permanently?
Immigrant
What do we call the extra crops farmers produced beyond their immediate needs?
surplus
what does "interstate commerce" mean
Trade or commercial activities that crosses state lines.
Name the crowded, often poorly maintained apartment buildings that housed many urban families during rapid city growth.
Tenement
What name is given to the policy or attitude that prioritizes native-born citizens over immigrants?
Nativism
What was the Grange Movement? Give one goal of the movement
Farmers' organization promoting social and political interests, goals: Regulation of Railroads.
— What did the Sherman Silver Purchase Act require the federal government to do?
Required the government to buy silver to increase the money supply
Explain one major social problem caused by rapid urbanization in the late 1800s
Overcrowding, poor sanitation, disease spread, crime
Briefly explain the Chinese Exclusion Act and what it shows about attitudes toward immigrants at the time.
Barred Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US
Political movement advocating for the interests of ordinary people, specifically farmers and laborers, rather than big business.
Populism
How could and agricultural surplus hurt a farmers' income
increased supply can lower prices
What is a political machine, and why did immigrants often support them
A group that controls city politics, gave immigrants jobs for votes
— What was the Gentlemen’s Agreement, and which two countries were involved?
Limited Japanese immigration to the US
Populist party set of reforms, supporting bimetalism and government ownership of railroads
Omaha Platform
Increase the money supply by backing with gold and silver
Bimetalism
Describe two ways urban growth changed American economic or cultural life during the Gilded Age.
growth of factory jobs and industry, mass transit, increased cultural institutions (theater, museums) consumer markets
Identify two reasons immigrants came to the United States in the late 19th century and one challenge they faced after arrival
Anny "push" or "pull" reason
— How did rural isolation help lead to the rise of the Populist movement?
limited farmers' access to markets, information, and political power.
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