Honors American History,Industry and Immigration required

Americanization

Americanization

Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens

Angle Island

Immigrants processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

Andrew Carnegie

(1835-1919) Was an American industrialist and philanthropist who began carnegie steel a corporation that dominated the American steel industry. He created charitable trust fundations and provided money for cultural and educational institutions

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 law that prohibited the immigration of chinese laborers

Conspicuous consumerism

{purchasing of goods and services with the purpose of impressing others

Corporation

Company recognized as a legal unit that has rights and liabilities separate from each of its members

Eugene V. Debs

(1855-1926) Was a labor organizer and social leader who advocated for the rights of railway works. He ran for president five times between 1900 and 1920 as a candidate for the socialist party

Thomas Edison

(1847-1931) Was an American inventor. He held over 1000 patents for inventions, including the light bulb, an early movies camera and an alkaline battery

Ellis Island

Island in New York Harbor that served as an migration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United states

Entrepreneurs

People who built and mange businesses or enterprises in order to make a profit, often risking their own money or livelihood

Free enterprise

Freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a compatible system without interference by government beyond regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance

Samuel Gompers

(1850-1924) Was an American labor leader and the first president of the American Federation of labor. He advocated organized strikes and boycotts to achieve the organization’s goals

William Randolph Hearst

(1863-1951) Was a American newspaper chain. Hearst, along with Joseph Pulitzer helped popularize investigate reporting and sensationalist journalism

Homestead Strike

1892 strike against carnegie’s steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania

Laissez Faire

The absence of government control over personal and economics life

Mass transit

Public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people

Terence v. powderly

(1849-1924) Was an American labor leader who led the Knights of labor for several years in the late nineteenth century with the goal of leading American workers out of what he saw as the bondage of wage labor

Protective Tariffs

The taxes on imported goods designed to protect domestic product

John D. Rockefeller

(1839-1937) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He began the standard Oi company and dominated the oil industry with innovative aggressive business practice. He also contributed money to different causes through the Rockefeller Foundation

Social Darwinism

The belief held by some in the late nineteenth century that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over them

Socialism

System theory under which the meas of production are publicly controlled and regulated rather then owed by individuals

Suburbs

An area of lower density population that surrounds a large city or town

Tenements

Multistory buildings divided into apartments to house as many residents as possible

Mark, Twain

(1835-1910)was the pen name for Samuel Langhorne clemons, an AMerican novelist and humorist who wrote famous works such as Life on the Mississippi. The adventure of TOm Sawyer, and the adventure of Huckleberry Finn. Twain’s stories reflected the American experience as he saw it.

Urbanizartion

Expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them