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Pull factor

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Conditions that attract people to a new area or country

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Persecution

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Morass or press someone because of their faith race nationality or other defining characteristic

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Discrimination

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Treating a person differently based on his or her race, beliefs etc.

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Nativist

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A person who is against immigration and wants to protect the interest of those born in the US

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Oppressive governments

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Governments (often in eastern Europe and Asia) that limit the freedoms and quality of life of their citizens

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Ellis island

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Immigration station located near New York City; mostly European immigrants came through here

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Angel Island

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Immigration station located near San Francisco, California; mostly Asian immigrants came through here

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Jane Addams

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Establish the famous settlement house for immigrants called the Hull House

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Settlement house

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A shelter for port city drop colors and immigrants that provided for peoples basic needs (I. E.a community center)

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Hull House

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Settlement house for immigrants established by Jane Addams in Chicago

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Tenement

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Crowded, high-rise apartment buildings were immigrants lived

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Urban

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In or of the city

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Rural

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In or of the countryside

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Industry

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businesses and factories

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Industrialization

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Transition to an economy based on large businesses in factories rather than on farming

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Urbanization

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Trend towards hey society based on the cities rather than on farms

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Political machine

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Term used to describe highly organized political parties actively working in society

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Political corruption

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Cheating, bribery, theft, and illegal activities conducted by a official to gain or maintain political power

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Chinese exclusion act of 1882

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Bard immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S for 10 years

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Quota system

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A government practice of admitting only a certain number of people from a given country or region.

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Assimilation

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The process of becoming part of another culture; to blend in

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Boss Tweed

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Leader of the corrupt democratic political party in New York City

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Inventor of the telephone

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Thomas Edison

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Inventor of the lightbulb and many other dimensions; called the “wizard of Menlo Park”

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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Entrepreneur who built his
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Andrew Carnegie
Steel Darren who used to vertical integration to go to steal business; believed the rich had a duty to help the poor
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John D. Rockafeller
Founder of the standard oil trust; used monopolies to control almost all of the oil industry
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Henry ford
Inventor of the first mass-produced automobile; use the assembly line to produce his model T
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J.P. Morgan
The most powerful banker in the late 1800s
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Henry Bessemer
But English inventor; created the Bessemer process to make steel stronger
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Captains of industry
Leaders of big business in the late 1800s and early 1900s; included men like Carnegie and Rockefeller
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Robber baron
The term used for a person who became wealthy through diss honest means such as bribery and cheating
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Advertising
With communicating the benefits of a product to through media
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National market
Consumers were given product that can be found all over the country
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Mail order
Buying items from catalogs; became popular in the 1900s
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Consumer goods
Things that are bought by the average consumer such as food and clothes
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Invention
A new process, method or device
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Labor
Work
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Prosperity
Wealth and good economic times, most of the people who want jobs have them
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Susan B Anthony
Leader of national woman suffrage Association who work to gain the right for women to vote
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Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of the US known as reformer for his work controlling trusts regulating big businesses, protecting consumers, and conserving the environment
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Muckraker
Someone who exploits the corruption of city policy politics and exposes it to public view
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AFL (American Federation of labor)
A major labor union, open to only skilled labor's; major goals included higher wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions.
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Suffragists
People who try to regulate giant companies breaking up trusts of monopolies. Example: Theodore Roosevelt
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18th amendment
The only amendment to later be repealed; prohibited the manufacturing, sale, and transporting an alcoholic beverages
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19th amendment
Gave women the right to vote
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Sherman antitrust act
The law passed in 1898 apprehended trusts or other businesses from limiting competition it was first I get used against unions but later applied to trust
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Meat inspection act
A government law that required the federal inspection of the meatpacking industry
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pure food and drug act
A government law that prohibits the sale of impure food, drugs, and liquor
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Temperance movement
The political movement to outlaw alcohol
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The progressive movement
A political movement to reform laws and change society for the better
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Trust
Illegal body that is created to hold stock in many companies, often in the same industry, they are able to eliminate competition
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Name five push factors
Natural disasters, famine, political persecution, religious persecution, and unemployment
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Name five pull factors
Religious freedom, democracy, economic opportunities, opportunity for land, and desire for adventure
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Describe what a tenement would look like
Small crowded multipurpose rooms and that it looks very small from the inside. Has a large place in the middle of it that has many drafts which makes the place smell very bad
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What regions of Europe did the majority of immigrants come from between 1880 and 1920?
Eastern and southern Europe
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What are four countries that immigrants came from?
Russia, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and turkey
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What industry was associated with Chicago Illinois?
Meatpacking
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What industry is associated with Detroit Michigan?
Automobiles
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What state and city is associated with the industry of steel?
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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What industry is associated with the north east region?
Textiles
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What is the test on Thursday about?
Whoops it's about it's a binder check not a real test LOL now you know everything about the Gilded Age!
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Push factor
Conditions that drive people to leave their homes or countries

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