Social Developments (unfinished)

Question 1

What did the population increase to from 1860-80?

Answer 1

1860: 31 million 1880: 50 million

Question 2

How many immigrants arrived in the US between 1865-1890

Answer 2

10 million

Question 3

In 1890, what % of the labour force were immigrants?

Answer 3

56%

Question 4

Which act was passed in 1882 to limit Chinese immigration?

Answer 4

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 5

How many Jewish immigrants arrived in 1888 compared to 1900 and what did this cause?

Answer 5

1888: 5,000 1900: 90,000 caused anti semitism to grow

Question 6

How many inhabitants did Chicago have in 1850 compared to 1890? What was this an example of?

Answer 6

1850: 30,000 1890: 1 million which is an example of huge urbanisation which was occurring

Question 7

What happened to the population of New York between 1860-90?

Answer 7

Doubled

Question 8

Which riots occurred between Irish Catholics and Protestants in 1870 and 1871?

Answer 8

Orange Riots

Question 9

Which universities were set up for black people?

Answer 9

Fisk University, Howard University, Hampton Institute

Question 10

How many African Americans in the South were illiterate in 1890?

Answer 10

More than half

Question 11

Between 1883-1899 how many men and women were lynched in the south?

Answer 11

2,500

Question 12

Which convention in 1848 launched the feminist campaign for female suffrage?

Answer 12

Seneca Falls convention

Question 13

When was the NAWSA established and what was it?

Answer 13

1890, National American Women’s Suffrage Association

Question 14

What happened in 1873 which drove millions of unemployed workers into unions?

Answer 14

1873 depression

Question 15

Who participated in the 1877 Railroad Strike and what was it?

Answer 15

First national strike, even people from rival railroads and even different industries joined

Question 16

What did the protestors in the 1877 railroad strike do?

Answer 16

Destroyed railway carriages, locomotives and buildings

Question 17

What was Hayes’ response to the 1877 railroad strike?

Answer 17

Hayes sent in federal troops and there was a huge battle with strikers in Pittsburgh

Question 18

When was the Knights of Labour founded?

Answer 18

1869

Question 19

1886 Haymarket Bomb Outrage

Answer 19

Peaceful protest was met with hostility after someone left a bomb that killed a policeman and 6 other people

Question 20

When was the AFL set up and by who?

Answer 20

Samuel Gompers, 1885

Question 21

How many members did the AFL have by 1892?

Answer 21

250,000