chapter 2 test industrial revelation

the rapid movement of people moving to cities

Urbanization

poor, often having to work over 80 hours a week to maintain a living. They cannot afford to have free time and usually only have a single day off a week.

Working Class

Tenements

The lower classes are forced to crowd into large apartment buildings known as Te__nts.

are often the cheapest workers and are used in dangerous situations

Children

Social Mobility

the ability to rise above where you are born, is increased. Millionaires begin to be made in a short time.
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With some individuals becoming the richest Americans within a 20-year time period

were first used to oppress newly freed blacks in the south but were ruled unconstitutional because of the 14th Amendment

Black Codes

were laws that provided for the legal separation of blacks and whites. In all public spaces they forbade the mixing of blacks and whites

Jim Crow Laws

What court case involves: A light skinned African American, Adolph Plessy, boarding a train in Louisiana

Plessy V. Ferguson

Ida B. Wells

Fought against lynching in the South. Originally form Tennessee but was driven out and moved to Chicago. Fought to extend laws that stopped lynching, became a prolific author and advocate.

Began in 1886 with about 140,000 members; by 1917 it had 2.5 million members. It is a federation of different unions

American Federation of Labors led by Samuel Gompers

the first large movement of African Americans leaving the south, settling out west in Kansas.

Exodusters 1879

 ____________ Reasons that Immigrants want to leave their native countries ____________Reasons that immigrants want to come to an area.

Push and Pull Factors

passed in 1887 allowed the government to regulate railroad prices

Interstate Commerce Commission

Was the chief screening station for Immigrants looking to come into the United States from Europe

Ellis Island

Angel Island

is opened as the counterpart to Ellis Island in San Francisco

Japan unhappy with how Asians were treated in the United States threatened to stop buying American goods.

The United States promised to end segregation for Asians in San Francisco in return Japan limited the number of immigrants that were being sent to the United States.

Gentlemen Agreement

Stopped all immigration from China for ten years and stopped Chinese already in the United States from becoming citizens

Chinese Exclusion Act

Factory owners will stop workers from entering the building and attempt to stop work long enough to “starve out” their employees

Lockout

helped bring in equipment, move food goods, and bring settlers out west.

Railroads

When a large group of employees works together to demand better wages, hours, and working conditions.

Collectively Bargain

is another attempt at a large cooperative, banks and railroads will take action though to stop it from happening

Farmers Alliance

Famous for his “Cross of Gold” speech, where he spoke against the gold standard and advocated for bimetallism

William Jennings Bryan

Is the belief that you become rich and powerful because you are stronger/ better than everyone else. The poor are poor because they are weak and stupid. The harder you work the higher you will rise

Social Darwinism

Created new ways to refine oil. His company Standard Oil was able to buy and use oil that other companies could not

John D. Rockefeller

Worked his way up the ranks and founded his own steel company. Got his start by replacing wooden bridges with steel bridges

Andrew Carnegie

Was responsible for building Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

A law, enacted by Congress in 1890, that was intended to prevent the creation of monopolies by making it illegal to establish trusts that interfered with free trade.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

where one worker repeats a similar job or part of manufacturing over and over again, causes more product to be produce quicker and more efficiently, while also creating an increase demand for labor

Assembly Line

A community center providing assistance to residents-particularly immigrants- in slum neighborhoods.

Settlement Houses

Green

A new trend we started to see is NFL games being played in Brazil. The Chiefs and the Chargers played a game this year in Corinthians Arena.

This team has a rich history of winning but have a strict rule with their stadium. It is believed wearing this color in their stadiums brings bad luck