Immigration and Growth of Cities
What were the reasons for the increase in immigration?
Hope for better opportunities, desire for religious freedom, escape from oppressive governments.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act??
This meant that for 10years there was a halt on all Chinese labor immigration.
he believed that equality could be achieved through vocational education. He accepted social segregation while secretly working against discriminatory laws.
What did Thomas Edison invent??
Electric lighting (the lightbulb)
Who was the man that was the captain of industry associated with oil industry??
John D Rockefeller
industries in cities, immigration from other cities, and job opportunities
What kind of discrimination did the Native Americans deal with??
They were not considered citizens until 1924 and were restricted to reservations or forced to identify as African Americans if they did not live on reservations.
Who was WEB DuBois??
He believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans and founded the NAACP along with Ida B Wells-Barnett
What did Alexander Graham Bell??
The telephone
What was the captain of industry associated with railroads and shipping??
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What was a consequence of rapid industrialization and immigration into the big cities?
overcrowding, tenements and ghettos
What were Jim Crow laws?
these were laws passed to discriminate against African Americans by forcing them into separate public accommodations.
Who was Ida B Wells-Barnett?
She fought against lynching and many other injustices suffered by African Americans, publicizing the lynchings in newspaper articles and other writings.
What happened with the railroad??
Who was the captain of industry that was associated with the banking industry?
JP Morgan
What were some efforts to solve immigration issues and challenges?
settlement houses were created, political machines that were supposed to attend to the needs to new immigrants.
What was the Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation??
Plessy vs. Furguson
Who was the captain of industry who revolutionized factory production with the use of the assembly line?
Henry Ford
Who were the men that had the first successful flight??
The Wright brothers
What were the reasons for big business growth?
National markets created by transportation advances, advertising, lower cost of production due to the assembly line, and lack of competition.
What are some issues that immigrants faced??
discrimination, living in tenements, language issues, competition for jobs.
What was lynching?
the illegal killing of people by gangs and violent vigilantes.
Who was the African American abolitionist that fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights as well as being a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties?
Fredrick Douglass
Who was the man that was able to create steel?
Andrew Carnegie
What invention reduced farm labor needs and increased production??
The reaper