Industrialization
This is the growth of cities because people moved there for jobs.
Urbanization (The growth of cities)
A group of workers who join together to fight for better pay.
Labor Union (A group of workers).
This is the famous entry point for immigrants in New York City.
Ellis Island (Where immigrants from Europe arrived)
This was the movement to "fix" the problems in society.
Progressive Movement (The "fix-it" era).
This is when a strong country takes over a weaker country to get more power.
Imperialism (A big country taking over a small country)
This man had a monopoly on the Steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie (The man who owned the steel industry).
This is a "work stoppage" used by unions to get what they want.
Strike (Refusing to work until things change).
This law banned Chinese workers from coming to the US.
Chinese Exclusion Act (The law that banned Chinese workers).
A journalist who "digs up the dirt" on bad business or politics.
Muckraker (A journalist who exposed problems).
This island is only 90 miles from Florida and was the main reason the Spanish-American War started.
Cuba
This is when one company owns everything and has no competition.
Monopoly (When one company has no competition).
This was a tragedy where many female workers died in a factory fire.
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (The tragedy that led to safety laws).
This is the idea that "native-born" Americans are better than immigrants.
Nativism (Disliking immigrants/favoring "native" Americans)
This law was passed after a book showed how dirty the meat industry was.
Pure Food and Drug Act (The law that made food safer).
This type of "fake news" used exaggerated stories to make Americans want to go to war with Spain.
Yellow Journalism
This process made it much faster and cheaper to make Steel.
Bessemer Process (The cheap, fast way to make steel)
The "shorter hours" goal that most labor unions fought for.
Eight-Hour Day (The main goal for time spent working).
These were small, crowded, dirty apartments in the city.
Tenements (Crowded, dirty apartments)
This woman created Hull House to help the poor and immigrants.
Jane Addams (Founder of Hull House).
This US Navy ship exploded in Cuba, and Americans blamed Spain.
USS Maine (Remember the slogan: "Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!")
He used the Assembly Line to make cars very quickly.
Henry Ford (The man who used the assembly line)
This is a "blackball" list of union workers that bosses refused to hire.
Blacklist (The list of "troublemakers" bosses wouldn't hire)
This is the process of an immigrant becoming "more American."
Americanization (The process of immigrants trying to fit in)
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment (Gave women the right to vote).
This "big ditch" was built in Central America to make traveling between oceans much faster.
Panama Canal