Chapter 11 Flashcards
laws requiring children to attend school
needed an educated workforce
Society of American Indians cons
encouraged American Indians to adopt white American culture
Pres. Roosevelt & the Japanese
Roosevelt condemned discrimination b/c he was concerned about Japan’s growing naval power
Florence Kelley strategy
organized a boycott of goods produced using child labor
reason for skyscrapers
increased immigration/migration to cities–needed more housing and space for businesses
Northern Securities Company lawsuit
first time the Sherman Antitrust Act was used to break up a trust
muckrakers
write about (expose) the corruption in business & problems in society
Civil Service Commission purpose
fill federal jobs based on skills–not “who you know”
W.E.B. DuBois
co-founded NAACP; wanted to actively fight discrimination
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
worked toward the prohibition of alcohol
Boss William Tweed
corrupt city boss who cheated NYC out of lots of money
“Gilded Age” meaning
thin layer of pretty (wealth) covering the ugly (corruption)
tenement problems
overcrowded; disease spread rapidly; dangerous in fires
Pres. Taft & safety reform
supported safety rules for mines
Eighteenth Amendment topic
manufacture, sale, & transportation of alcohol
nativists & Chinese Exclusion Act
nativists thought Chinese wouldn’t fit into American culture so got a law passed preventing immigration
reasons for urbanization
large numbers of immigrants & migrants moving to cities for industrial jobs (East and Midwest)
Carrie Chapman Catt
worked for women’s suffrage (right to vote)
pull factor examples
inexpensive land; industrial jobs; freedom
Short Answer #1
What are some factors that pushed European immigrants to leave their home countries and move to the United States?
-land scarce in Europe
-farmers had trouble growing enough to support their families
-machinery replaced workers so people lost jobs
-religious & political persecution in Europe
Short Answer #2
What relationship existed between the crowded conditions immigrants found on ships traveling to the United States and medical inspections on Ellis Island?
-many immigrants crossed the Atlantic on crowded ships where disease spread rapidly
-medical inspections on Ellis Island to make sure immigrants were healthy
-some immigrants denied entry until they recovered
-some even sent back to Europe
Short Answer #3
Contrast (show differences) the homes of people living in poor, urban neighborhoods with the homes of the urban middle class.
*Poor
-lived in small, crowded apartment buildings called tenements
-tenements in city center; slums
-whole families lived in a single room
-no heat, windows, or indoor bathrooms
-disease spread rapidly
*Middle Class
-lived in neighborhoods outside the city center
-large homes on tree-lined streets
-fewer problems with disease
-more comfortable homes
Short Answer #4
In what way did President Roosevelt’s approach to public lands balance the needs of American businesses with the public’s right to enjoy open land?
-businesses needed natural resources like lumber BUT
-Roosevelt wanted to protect/conserve natural resources for the public to enjoy
-some lands set aside for regulated mining & forestry
-other land set aside for national parks & wilderness areas
