Industrialization and Immigration

Flashcards covering the waves of immigration, inspection stations, technological developments, and labor impacts during the Industrial Revolution.

Industrialization

The process by which goods went from being hand crafted to mass produced.

Industrial Revolution

A movement that started in England in 1700 using steam engine technology, prompting people to migrate from rural areas to cities for work and turning small cities into metropolitan areas.

Ellis Island

An immigration center opened in 1892 that processed, questioned, and examined 17 million immigrants from Europe, where sick or poor individuals were denied entry and inspectors' moods or biases affected rejections.

Angel Island

An immigration facility established in 1910 that processed Asian Immigrants.

Chinese Exclusion Act

Legislation that prevented Chinese Immigration until 1943.

First wave of immigration

An immigration wave consisting of 7.5 million immigrants, influenced by factors such as the Irish Potato Famine and recruitment by companies.

Second wave of immigration

A wave that brought 23 million immigrants to America.

Cyrus McCormick reaper

An 1830 agricultural machine that cuts grain, marking a period where machines replaced human workers.

John Deere Steel plow

An 1836 agricultural invention that increased crop yields.

Combine

A 1920 machine that used an internal combustion engine to cut, separate, and clean grain, demonstrating that gasoline machines were better than steam engines.

Russian Czar Alexander 11

The Russian leader killed in 1881; Jews were blamed for his death, leading to violent pogroms that caused 200,000 Jews to flee to America.

Enclaves

Neighborhoods where immigrants lived with each other after facing social barriers.

Mutual Aid Societies

Organizations that established banks, stores, libraries, churches, and newspapers to help immigrants.

Chinese huiguans

Organizations that helped immigrants find employment.

Settlement house movement

A movement beginning in 1866 that housed, educated, and 'Americanized' immigrants.

Henry Bessemer

Developer of the 1856 steel process that used iron ore to make steel.

Fred W. Taylor

The figure who developed scientific managment.

Henry Ford

The developer who created the Assembely Line in 1900.

George Stephenson

The innovator who created the railroad in 829.

George Westinghouse

The developer who introduced the air brake in 869.

Transcontinental Railroad

The railroad established in 69 that, alongside migration, maintained Industrialization.