Industrial Rev.
was a period of time beginning in the late 1800s that was based on the changing from agriculture and handmade products to factories and machine made products
Industrial Revolution
What system replaced the “old ways” of work?
Factory System
the movement of people from their home country or region to another country, of which they are not native, to live
Immigration
refers to a time period between the late 1800s and the early 1900s when the United States underwent a period of immense economic, political, and social growth
Gilded Age
Name 3 heavy industries that drove the growth of industrialization
Coal, Steel, and Railroads
societies based on family farming and agricultural production on a small scale
Agrarian Society
What were conditions like for workers in the factories
Dirty, unsanitary, long hours 12-14 6 days a week, dangerous, injuries were common
refers to the period of time after the U.S. civil war when the federal government was dealing with the aftermath of the war and social and economic problems in the country and specifically in the South
Reconstruction
was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste, and inefficiency
Progressive Era
WHich 2 islands did people who arrived to the U.S. go through to be processed before entering the U.S.
Ellis Island and Angel Island
U.S. society changed from a ___________ soceity to a _____________ society in the late 1800s
Agrarian to Industrial
an organized group of workers within the same trade or profession, formed to protect and expand their rights and interests
Labor Unions
Name 2 push or pull factors for immigration
Push =Religious and Political persecution, Revolution/war, No jobs (no work), No land, Droughts, Poverty
Pull= Religious and Political Freedom, Friends/family, Jobs, Fertile Land, Greater wealth, Safer atmosphere, Education
Journalists who exposed political corruption, corporate and industrial practices, social injustice and life in urban America
Muckrakers
What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws that discriminated against and segregated African Americans across the South
In your own words descibe what urbanization is.
The growth of cities, people moving from rural areas to cities to find work etc.
Explain the purpose of labor unions
to fight for better working condtions, safer conditons, and workers rights
African Americans moving from the South to the North in order to find better jobs and treatment referes to what historical development
The Great Migration
when one person or company exclusively controls the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
Monopoly
Rockefeller and Standard Oil
Describe the impact that the steam engine had on other inventions during industrialization
The steam engine led to the growth of the industrial revolution and was used in several other inventions like the steamboat, trains, and tractors
Explain the attitudes of the U.S. government and corporations towards labor unions
The govenrment and corporations did not care for unions they believed they were disrutpive and bad for the economy and were violent
List 3 institutionalized racist practices in post-Reconstruction America
Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, Sharecropping, Grandfather Clause, Jim Crow, Black Codes
Explain what the purpose of political machines
They were meant to keep a certain political party (Democrats, Republicans, or others) in power by “securing” votes, making people vote a certain way to keep corrupt politicians in power they would also intimadate voters or give gifts or services
Name the 2 compromises made during reconstruction that led to institutionalized racism in the south
Grant pardoned ex-confederates and Hayes - Compromise of 1877 pulled federal soliders out of the south