chapter 5-6 Flashcards
rapid growth of cities
urbanization
important immigrant processing station
ellis island
blended nationalities that create a single culture
melting pot
10 story or higher building with steel frames
skyscraper
inventor of the elevator
Elisha Otis
public system to move large numbers of people inexpensively
mass transit
the last decades of the 19th century
glided age
similar consumer patterns across society
mass culture
sensationalist publisher
william randolph hearst
wrote inspiring novels about sucess in america
horatio alger
a rail link between the east and the wast
transcontinental railroad
the site of a victory by indians led by crazy horse
little big horn
a specific area set aside by the US government for the use of indians
reservation
legislation that provided farm plots for people willing to live on and develop the lane for five years
homestead act
to absorb into the culture of a population or group
assimilate
a crop grown not for its own use but but to be sold for cash
cash crop
a system by which branded cattles were allowed to graze freely on unfenced property
open range
tradtionally immigrants had once come to america for economic oppportunity and
freedom
travel accommodation for most immigrants to the united states
3rd class sometimes didnt have their own room
most new immigrants lived in cities
to find work
Rural to urban migration was primarily motivated by
steady employment
which invention made the uilding and use of skyscrapers feasible
elevators
which group of people made up the majority of immigrants to america before 1870
North and West Europeans
which of these factors pulled immigrants to the united states?
economic opportunity and freedom
the first reliable streetcars were powered by
eletricity
most midwestern cities were established near
waterways
zoning laws were designed primarily to
oranganize lane use within a city
how did mass culture signify a change in american life
bought similar goods
the midlles class lifestyle of the glided age featured
a desire to acquire goods
comsumtion patterns were most influenced by
advertising
after the civil was the cost of living decreased because
price of manufactored goods decreased
what wass one of the dangers living in a tenement
poor sanitation and ventilation
urban leaders counted on schools to
Assimilate immmigrants
hoow did cities address the problems by urban living
police firefighter and trash pickup
during reconstuction southern agriculture
depended on cotton
how were southern blacks civil rights revooked after the reconstruction
state local laws
what was a factor that limited the economic recovery of the south after the civil war
lack of capital, shortage of skilled labor
which of the following most accurately describes agriculture in the south after the civil war
depended on cotton
what threatened the livlihoods of southern farmers
Boll Wheevil
describe the effects of the thirteenth fourteenth and fithteenths admendments of lives of southerners
blacks had more political and economical freedom
how did southern blacks lose rights in he years after the 13,14, and 15th admendments?
state and local governments passed Jim Crow laws
theklu klux klan
used terror a d intimidation to keep blacks from exercising their rights
how di the southg keep railroad constuctions costs down
used prison labor and lobbied congress for funds
which native americans farmed?
Pueblas. and navajos
The first great boom in the wast was spurred by
Mining
the open range system of raising livestock was orignially developed by
mexicna americans
the assimilation of native americans was a goal of the
dawes act
which of the following was an effect pf the trancontinential railroad
populatio of the west increased
how did new railroads benefit western cattle ranchers
could transport cattle to eastern markets
starting in the mid 1800s hoards of people traveled to the west out of desire to
get rich by finind gold or silver
how did the US government respond to attacks by Sioux indians in eastern minnesota
Pushed the indians into the Dakotas
how did railroads influence the growth of western territories?
Towns would spring up along railroads
