Industrialization
Business tycoons who loot an industry and become wealthy unethically
Robber barons
What is the difference between "immigration" and "emigration"?
Coming in vs. leaving
Immigrant groups created distinct ethnic neighborhoods called _____
Ghettos
Steel tycoon
Andrew Carnegie
How did industrial workers come together to improve working conditions that were often unhealthy and dangerous?
Labor unions
Poverty, war, tyranny, and religious oppression are to _____ as land, jobs, and higher standard of living are to _____
Push factors; Pull factors
Traded votes for jobs, housing, food, heat, and police protection
Political machines
Oil tycoon
John D. Rockefeller
What impact did the Transcontinental Railroad have?
Revolutionized economy and led to rapid settlement and movement west
British, German, Scots-Irish, and Scandinavian immigrants are to _____ as Italians, Greeks, Croats, Slovaks, Poles, and Russian immigrants are to ____
Old; New
Worked to improve conditions in cities
Social Gospel movement
Political machinist heading the mostly Irish Tammany Hall of NYC
William "Boss" Tweed
What two types of monopolies exist?
Vertical and Horizontal
New immigrants had to pass rigorous medical and document examinations at _____
Ellis Island
Political party that supported farmers, laborers, and middle class Americans
Populists
Wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890)
Alfred T. Mahan
What four components must a country possess in order to industrialize?
Natural resources, Large workforce, Innovation, and Free enterpise
What three groups of Americans supported nativist policies?
Labor unions, American Protective Association, and Social Darwinists
Justified why the rich were extremely rich
Social Darwinism
Led Naval expedition to Japan to negotiate trade treaty
Matthew C. Perry