Industrialization, Immigration, Urbanization Flashcards
transforming the economy from agriculture to manufacturing
Industrialization
moving to a new country with the intention of struggling and living there
Immigration
the growth of cities
Urbanization
give up beliefs and become part of another culture
Assimilation/Americanization
giving of government jobs to people who had helped a canidate get elected
Patronage
federal gov, jobs awarded on the basis of merit and that gov. employees be selected through competitive exams
Pendleton Civil Service Act
offered services to votes and businesses in exchange for political or financial support
Political Machine
overcrowded and unsanitary multifamily urban dwelling
Tenement Housing
community centers in slums that provided assistance to immigrants and the needy
Settlement House
favoring the interests of native-born over foreign-born people
Nativism
when the gov. gives an inventor the rights to develop, use, and sell an invention
Patent
contract between a worker and an employer in which the worker agrees not to remain in or join a Union
Yellow-dog contract
a mixture of people of different cultures and races blended together and abandoned their Native language and customs
“melting pot”
processed European immigrants in the New York Harbour
Ellis Island
processed Asian immigrants in San Francisco Bay
Angel island
suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years
Chinese Exclusion Act
an organization of workers who came together to achieve common goals
Labor Unions
What were labor unions common strategies?
- Higher wages
- Better working conditions
- Job security
important strike from Knights of Labor in Chicago in 1886; 7 people arrested
Haymarket Riot
Pullman cart works strike and stops railroads from functioning in the Midwest
Pullman Strike
Railroad Industry
Vanderbilt & Carnegie
Steel Industry
Carnegie & Morgan
Oil
Rockefeller
light bulb
Thomas Edison
telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
taking over suppliers, distributors, and transportation
Vertical Integration
merging of similar companies
Horizontal Integration
a process for purifying iron resulting in strong, but lightweight steel
Bessemer process
What industry does the Bessemer process affect?
Steel Industry
an important settlement House that gave assistance to needy immigrants
Hull House
Who created the Hull House?
Jane Addams
the production of goods and services within an economy
industry
risk-taking business person
entreprenuar
took advantage of opportunities and made fortunes off of growing industries
Robber-barons
taxes that make impacted goods cost more than those made locally
Protective Tariff
a policy which allowed businesses to operate under minimal gov. regulation
Lissez faire
when the gov, gives an inventor the rights to develop, use, and sell an invention
Patent
organized skilled workers into Unions
American Federation of Labor
Union leaders negotiated issues with mangement
Collective Bargaining
workers name goes on a list and businesses refuse to hire you
blacklisting
1st national strike; stops railroads across the nation; fails
The Great railroad Strike
secret labor union that works to fix problems by using violence
Knights of Labor
when pressure, law, and prejudice prevent from renting elsewhere
Ghettos
300 lb man who was the political boss at Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
Which state produced the most steel?
Pennsylvania
