Concepts Flashcards

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Industrialization

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Transformation to more factory work

It was very dangerous, as many injuries and deaths occurred

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Urbanization

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The increase in population in major cities

NYC, Chicago, and Boston are examples

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Immigration

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In the late 19th century, Americans began seeing immigration as core feature of national identity

Immigration Act of 1924 sets quotes: First barriers in US history to European immigration

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Nativism

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Lots of discrimination, violence, and exclusion of non- natives to the US

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Imperialism

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Taking over weak countries so they can have more power

US didn’t go into Cuban war to avoid imperialism (anti-imperialism)

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White Supremacy

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Lots of segregation

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Populism

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Promote common interests of poor whites and blacks

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Progressivism

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A way of reforming stretching from cities and farms. New institutions, expansion, and expansion of federal powers.

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