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Immigration and Industry Flashcards

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Someone who leaves one country to settle in another country

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Immigrant

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The change from doing work by hand to having work done by machines

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Industrialization

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The movement of people from farms to cities

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Urbanization

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4
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Areas of farmland

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Rural

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5
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areas of cities

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urban

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Usually poorer areas of cities that immigrant groups settled in

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Ghetto

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Run-down apartment buildings in cities that most immigrants lived in

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Tenements

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A person/group that controls the politics of a city, especially in the late 1800s

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Political Machine

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Immigrants came to the United States hoping for _____ than what they had back home

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Better Opportunities

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10
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Some immigrants came over to avoid ____

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Religious Persecution

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Some immigrants wanted to escape religious persecution which meant they wanted the _____

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freedom to believe in whatever they wanted

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12
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Some immigrants came over to escape_____ that treated them harshly

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oppressive governments

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13
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Cities developed around centers of _____

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Industry

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14
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_____made city populations grow quickly

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Immigration

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15
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_____brought many people to cities from farms

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Urbanization

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16
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Conditions in tenements were very _____.

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poor

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They had very few amenities like ____ and _____, they were cramped with many people living in on _____, and they were _____ since most had no _____

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  • heat
  • running water
  • one apartment
  • dirty
  • indoor toilets
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18
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Who wrote the book “How the Other Half Lives”

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Jacob Riis

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oJacob Riis documented tenement life in his book “How the Other Half Lives,” which caused many people to _____

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learn about the life of immigrants for the first time

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20
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Settlements houses were established to provide things like ____ for immigrant families and children

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recreation and education

21
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Jane Adams created the settlement house called ____

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Hull House

22
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Political machines offered to provide immigrants_____, but used them to help themselves get _____

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  • money or jobs
  • political support, power, and money
23
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Name of one of the most known political machines

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Boss Tweed and his friends

24
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Name the 5 groups that were heavily discriminated against

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  • Jewish
  • Polish
  • Italian
  • Irish
  • Chinese
25
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Chinese immigrants were banned from the United States with the ____.

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Chinese Exclusionary Act in 1882

26
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When were Chinese allowed back in the country

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1943

27
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Thomas Edison helped create household _____ with the mechanical uses of _____

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  • lighting
  • electricity
28
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the _____ (and Thomas Edison was the first one to say “Hello” as a greeting!)

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telephone

29
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Who were business owners who often paid low wages, ignored worker safety, bribed judges and law makers, and bought elections.

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Robber Barons

30
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Robber Barons were _____ who often paid low wages, ignored _____, bribed ______, and bought ____

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  • business owners
  • worker safety
  • judges and law makers
  • elections
31
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Robber Barons were widely critized at the time for ____

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fights against unions and regulation

32
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Name 4 Robber Barons

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  • John D Rockefeller
  • Andrew Carnegie
  • Cornelius Vanderbuilt
  • JP Morgan
33
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John D. Rockefeller was known for

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Oil

34
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Andrew Carnegie was known for

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Steel

35
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Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for

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Railroads

36
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JP Morgan was known for

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Banking

37
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Railroads and transportation ____, which allowed for the growth of national markets

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increased

38
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Railroads and transportation contributed to the spread of_____ from across the nation

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access to raw materials/resources

39
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____become popular to spread consumer interest

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Advertisements

40
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_____ popularized producing things faster and cheaper

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lower-cost production

41
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A_____ due to the existence of_____ made certain businesses grow massively

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  • lack of competition
  • monopolies and trusts
42
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_____lowered the need for farmers and_____ of food and livestock

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  • Mechanization
  • increased production
43
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More development in cities required more ____

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labor

44
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Industrialization provided more access to_____

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consumer goods

45
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More_____ available due to immigration

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workers

46
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Access to_____ from other parts of the nation

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materials and energy

47
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Businesses were backed by huge_____

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financial leaders

48
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Rise of _____that gave workers more rights/freedoms

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labor unions

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