Immigration and Industrialization Vocabulary Flashcards

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Laissez Faire Goverment

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Is a government that is “Hands off” towards business, society regulations and law making.

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The Second Industrial Revelation

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A period of rapid growth in industry in the late 1800s.

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Moving Assembly Line

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An innovation of Henry Ford’s that dramatically reduced the cost of production by mass producing items on conveyor belt.

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Interchangeable Parts

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A process developed by Eli Whitney that called for making each part the exact same way (revolutionary and paves the way to the moving assembly line)

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Bessemer Process

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The process of turning iron ore into steel (Brought to this country by Andrew Carnegie- AKA owner of Carnige steel.

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Child Labor in the Workforce

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When children went to work instead of school. Often, child laborists were treated worse than adults and grew up with little skill and were uneducated.

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Captain of Industry

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A leader of his industry during the Gilded Age who ran his business fairly by paying his workers well and having a decent conditions in the workspace.

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Robber Baron

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A leader of his industry during the Gilded Age who concentrated on his own wealth while trying to eliminate all competition to his corporation.

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Philanthropist

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A very wealthy individual who donates significant amounts of his or her fortune to various charities and organizations.

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Monopoly

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The complete control of a certain industry and when there is no competition to the company or owner.

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3 issues of industrialization- Bad working conditions, poor wages, and long hours.

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What factory workers (mostly immigrants) experienced in American Business.

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The second wave of immigration notes- Heavy population from…

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Russia, Italy, German, some from Ireland, Norway, Austria-Hungary

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Scarcity

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When there is not enough of something that is needed to survive- ex. Food, clean water.

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Immigrant

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A person who moves to another country.

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Emigrant

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A person that leaves their own country to settle in another.

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Urbanization

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The process of growing an area with more population, business, public services and transportation.

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Ghetto

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Ethnic Neighborhood

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Assimilation

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The ability for an immigrant to enter into a new society and begin to blend in with other taking on new cultures and a new way of life.

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Nativism

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The belief that a person is opposed to immigration and fears immigrants will take away jobs.

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that your country and nationality is better than others.

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Steerage

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the area on a ship where the poor immigrants bought tickets to America.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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A law passed by Congress that bans Chinese from immigrating to the US for 10 years.

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Poverty

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Living in a state of being very poor without proper nutrition, health care and with little to no way of escaping your conditions.

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Salad Bowl Theory of immigration

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Mix your ingredients then you can still take out something if it isn’t your.

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Melting Pot Theory of Immigration

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Turn on heat -> Cheese will blend and mix together

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Push Factors of Immigration

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Negative issues driving immigrants away from their home nation

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Pull Factors of Immigration

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Positive factors that drive immigrants to the new nation