Gilded Age Flashcards
What were the two main immigrant processing centers and where were they located
Angel island, off the coast of California in San Francisco and Ellis Island in New York
Where were the new immigrants immigrating from
Southern and eastern Europe, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Greece, Belarus
How are Chinese immigrants discriminated against
Received lower wages, faced violence, and the Chinese exclusion act bands Chinese immigration
Why were cities divided by immigrant groups
It’s made it easier to adjust, each group spoke their own language, they had similar cultures, and they practiced the same religion
How did political machines gain power and control
They provided needs,food and jobs ,in exchange for votes when the conditions are bad
Why was the steel industry importance to the nation’s economic growth
Durable steel rails, stronger bridges, more jobs thanks Andrew Carnegie, and skyscrapers
What inventions encourage the growth of industry
Relatable, telephone, Bessemer process, and motor vehicles
How are monopolies harmful to the consumer
They can allow for a high prices after eliminating competition
What are the advantages of a corporation
Cells stocks to raise lots of money, run by Board of Directors of that the company can continue if the founder dies, things are more likely to lend money to corporations, there are limited risks
How did the Sears and Montgomery Ward change the way products were sold in the late 1800s
Selling a mail order catalogs to advertise their products, which caused increased selling of products
What were some of the factors that encouraged the rapid growth of business
Financial resources lower production, modern transportation, mechanization , technology, national markets, raw materials, and an open workforce
What was the result of mechanization in farming
Decreased labor, easier and quicker labor, and urbanization
What causes industries to grow rapidly
Urbanization, increase in Nashville market, advertising, national resources, and the growing population
What industry is associated with Chicago Illinois
Meat packing
What industry is associated with Detroit Michigan
Motor
What industry is associated with Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Steel
What industry is associated with the north east region
Fabric, clothing, and or textiles
What is the definition for trustbuster
People who tried to regulate find companies, breaking up a trust and monopolies
Push factor
Conditions that drives people to leave their homes or countries
Pull factor
Conditions that attract people to a new area country
Muckraker
Journalists who uncovered the corruption of city politics and exposed to the public views that reform could take place
Trust
A legal body that is created it to hold stock in many companies, often in the same industry, they are able to eliminate competition
Monopoly
A company that wipes out it’s competitors, and controls an industry
Capital
Money
Corporation
Business owned by investors (people who buy stock)
Big business
Large profitable industries with the significant amount of power and influence
Thomas Edison
Inventor of the lightbulb and many other invention: called the wizard of Menlo Park
Harry Bessmer
In English inventor: created the Bessemer process to make steel stronger
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the telephone
National market
Consumers for a given product found all of the countries
Prosperity
Well and good economic times, most of the people who won jobs have them
Workforce
The available population of workers
Industrialization
The transition to an economy based on large businesses and factories rather than farming
Whatproblems did immigrants face living in tenements
Cramped, poorly lit, poor sanitation and no heat
