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Gilded Age Notebook Quiz Flashcards

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Pull factor

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Conditions that attract people to a new area or country

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Persecution

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Morass or press someone because of their faith race nationality or other defining characteristic

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Discrimination

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Treating a person differently based on his or her race, beliefs etc.

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Nativist

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A person who is against immigration and wants to protect the interest of those born in the US

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Oppressive governments

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Governments (often in eastern Europe and Asia) that limit the freedoms and quality of life of their citizens

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Ellis island

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Immigration station located near New York City; mostly European immigrants came through here

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Angel Island

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Immigration station located near San Francisco, California; mostly Asian immigrants came through here

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Jane Addams

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Establish the famous settlement house for immigrants called the Hull House

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Settlement house

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A shelter for port city drop colors and immigrants that provided for peoples basic needs (I. E.a community center)

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Hull House

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Settlement house for immigrants established by Jane Addams in Chicago

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Tenement

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Crowded, high-rise apartment buildings were immigrants lived

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Urban

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In or of the city

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Rural

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In or of the countryside

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Industry

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businesses and factories

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Industrialization

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Transition to an economy based on large businesses in factories rather than on farming

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Urbanization

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Trend towards hey society based on the cities rather than on farms

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Political machine

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Term used to describe highly organized political parties actively working in society

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Political corruption

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Cheating, bribery, theft, and illegal activities conducted by a official to gain or maintain political power

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Chinese exclusion act of 1882

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Bard immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S for 10 years

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Quota system

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A government practice of admitting only a certain number of people from a given country or region.

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Assimilation

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The process of becoming part of another culture; to blend in

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Boss Tweed

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Leader of the corrupt democratic political party in New York City

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Inventor of the telephone

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Thomas Edison

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Inventor of the lightbulb and many other dimensions; called the “wizard of Menlo Park”

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Entrepreneur who built his

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Andrew Carnegie

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Steel Darren who used to vertical integration to go to steal business; believed the rich had a duty to help the poor

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John D. Rockafeller

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Founder of the standard oil trust; used monopolies to control almost all of the oil industry

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Henry ford

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Inventor of the first mass-produced automobile; use the assembly line to produce his model T

29
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J.P. Morgan

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The most powerful banker in the late 1800s

30
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Henry Bessemer

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But English inventor; created the Bessemer process to make steel stronger

31
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Captains of industry

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Leaders of big business in the late 1800s and early 1900s; included men like Carnegie and Rockefeller

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Robber baron

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The term used for a person who became wealthy through diss honest means such as bribery and cheating

33
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Advertising

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With communicating the benefits of a product to through media

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National market

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Consumers were given product that can be found all over the country

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Mail order

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Buying items from catalogs; became popular in the 1900s

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Consumer goods

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Things that are bought by the average consumer such as food and clothes

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Invention

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A new process, method or device

38
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Labor

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Work

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Prosperity

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Wealth and good economic times, most of the people who want jobs have them

40
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Susan B Anthony

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Leader of national woman suffrage Association who work to gain the right for women to vote

41
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Theodore Roosevelt

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26th president of the US known as reformer for his work controlling trusts regulating big businesses, protecting consumers, and conserving the environment

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Muckraker

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Someone who exploits the corruption of city policy politics and exposes it to public view

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AFL (American Federation of labor)

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A major labor union, open to only skilled labor’s; major goals included higher wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions.

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Suffragists

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People who try to regulate giant companies breaking up trusts of monopolies. Example: Theodore Roosevelt

45
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18th amendment

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The only amendment to later be repealed; prohibited the manufacturing, sale, and transporting an alcoholic beverages

46
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19th amendment

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Gave women the right to vote

47
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Sherman antitrust act

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The law passed in 1898 apprehended trusts or other businesses from limiting competition it was first I get used against unions but later applied to trust

48
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Meat inspection act

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A government law that required the federal inspection of the meatpacking industry

49
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pure food and drug act

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A government law that prohibits the sale of impure food, drugs, and liquor

50
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Temperance movement

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The political movement to outlaw alcohol

51
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The progressive movement

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A political movement to reform laws and change society for the better

52
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Trust

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Illegal body that is created to hold stock in many companies, often in the same industry, they are able to eliminate competition

53
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Name five push factors

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Natural disasters, famine, political persecution, religious persecution, and unemployment

54
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Name five pull factors

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Religious freedom, democracy, economic opportunities, opportunity for land, and desire for adventure

55
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Describe what a tenement would look like

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Small crowded multipurpose rooms and that it looks very small from the inside. Has a large place in the middle of it that has many drafts which makes the place smell very bad

56
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What regions of Europe did the majority of immigrants come from between 1880 and 1920?

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Eastern and southern Europe

57
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What are four countries that immigrants came from?

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Russia, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and turkey

58
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What industry was associated with Chicago Illinois?

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Meatpacking

59
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What industry is associated with Detroit Michigan?

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Automobiles

60
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What state and city is associated with the industry of steel?

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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

61
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What industry is associated with the north east region?

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Textiles

62
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What is the test on Thursday about?

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Whoops it’s about it’s a binder check not a real test LOL now you know everything about the Gilded Age!

63
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Push factor

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Conditions that drive people to leave their homes or countries

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