Industry/Immigration/urbanization Flashcards

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Q

Things you need to make a business:

A
Capital 
entrepreneurship 
labor 
marketing 
product to display 
transportation for product
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2
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The rise of industry was the result of

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A rise in entrepreneurship

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3
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Steam Revolution

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steam have better power sources for machinery

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4
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Thomas Edison

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Wizard of Menlo Park

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5
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Telsa

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alternative current

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6
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The United States took which form of electricity

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Alternative current

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7
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Edison

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Direct current

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8
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Europe took which form of electricity

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Direct current

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9
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Olds and Benz

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made a combustible engine

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10
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Henry Fords

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made improvements to the engine
made cars more efficient and affordable
improved the assembly line

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11
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cause of rapid industrializations

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Immigrants
Population increase
Western settlements (that discovered iron, copper, etc)
Entrepreneurship
Abundant capital
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12
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Abundant capital was a result of

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Unskilled or semiskilled workers (immigrants)

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13
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Laissez Faire

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Individual growth
Free market ( not man made)
No government intervention in markets or businesses
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14
Q

Maria Munk

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“Awful Disclosures”

false accusations of Irish catholic culture

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15
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Construction jobs then lead to

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political jobs by starting construction companies and becoming politicians

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16
Q

How The Other Half Lives

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Jacob Riis

depicted the poor

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17
Q

stereotypes of Italians

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criminals & poor

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18
Q

Jerry Mandering

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drawing voting districts to favor one ethnic group or party

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19
Q

Jerry Mandering favored …

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white southerners to prevent minorities from influencing votes

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20
Q

What ethnic group of politicians began Jerry Mandering

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Irish politicians

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21
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Jerry Mandering limited

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Italian representation in governements and elections

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22
Q

Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty because

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they were

anarchist & Italians

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23
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Jewish Immigrants were different from other immigrants because they

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came with skills. unlike other immigrants that canes unskilled

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Q

Jewish lifestyle

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close knit communities
bankers, marketers, constructors
didn’t assimilate and loose their culture
focused on education and welfare

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Why did the Jewish people move to America?
their religion was being persecuted
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Jewish Immigrant stereotypes
rich, cheap, etc
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Polish Immigrants
unskilled, worked in construction | seen as stupid and slow
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what government run establishment was a result of backlash to immigration
The Federal Bureau for Immigration and Naturalization
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Jobs of the FBIN
checked entrance points enforced literacy test health examinations for newly arrived people prohibited foreign recruitment of foreigners (could not say come to America and we'll give you this job)
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Immigrants can't come in if:
wanted by authorities in your native country if considered mentally insane if mentioned in a lawsuit
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a "boss" in a political machine ..
leads the political machine may or may not hold political office decides who will be in office
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Ethnic Politics
favors surrounded around one group to then have support from that group for later elections
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Brokerage Politics
exchange of favors for votes. includes everyone not just one ethnic group
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Political Patronage
exchange of favors for $$$ | give me what I want and I'll give you this job you want or find this project you're a part of
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Honest Graft
corruption
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what was the argument FOR political machines?
although they were very corrupt, they helped newly arrived people and families create a steady life here
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prior to the Civil War cities were
post cities/by the harbor
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urban area
2500 people per square mile
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Megalopolis
large collection of cities
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the 4 Major Megalopolis
Milwauki to Chicago Floridas West Coast San Francisco to Mexican Border Bosnywash
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Problems of Big Cities
Overpopulation Housing Transportation Recreation (amenity)
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amenities
things cities provide that they don't have to
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sporadic growth
building without a plan or organization
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what city did not have sporadic growth?
Washington DC
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Omsted
established Central Park
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early forms of city transportation
trollies, elevating trains, subway (Boston &NY)
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C. Vox
landscape engineer | Central Park
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Volunteer Agencies
YMCA/YWCA Salvation Army Red Cross
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skyscrapers were made of
steel reinforced concrete
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steel frame system
made by : Monier | perfected by : Burnham
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Baybard Buildings
Louis Sullivan
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Brooklyn Bridge
J. Roebling
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Rural lifestyle
all of the family worked worked at home/on the field family lived where they worked everyone did everything
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Urban lifestyle
worked outside the home lack of family roots generations moved around a lot job specialization
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H. Alger
Protestant Puritan work ethnic