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What term was coined by Mark Twain?

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Glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath

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What were the 7 things of the period?

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Greed scandal and corruption in government and industry
Unprecedented economic growth/exploded
Modern Industrial economy
Moved from an agrarian (rural) society to an industrial urban society
USA becomes an emerging world power
Mass Immigration
Unequal distribution of wealth- HAVES and HAVE NOTS

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Who owned 50% of the wealth?

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Less than 1% of the population (4,000 families)

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Closest the USA ever came to an aristocracy of the elite

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YEAH

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Why did the immigrants come?

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To escape religious persecution

To escape poverty

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What was the promise of a better life?

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Golden door

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What was the Journey to America?

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Steamboats- 2 weeks from Europe
2 months from Asia
Steerage Class (3rd) Lowest decks-$30

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Where did most immigrants land in?

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NYC or San Francisco

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What was the symbol of opportunity and freedom in 1886?

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Statue of Liberty

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Who was Emma Lazarus?

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American Poet on the Statue of Liberty

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Where is Ellis Island?

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NYC

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Where is Angel Island?

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San Francisco

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Between 1870-1920 how many people came to America?

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20 million

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What were the 3 steps in processing and how long did it take?

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Physical examination
Record names/ questioning
Documents checked (passports, etc) and legal requirements checked

1day

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Why did most settle in the cities?

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For jobs

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What were the communities known as?

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Ethnic Islands (same ethnic groups)

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What were most immigrants (job wise)

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Unskilled common laborers

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What were sweatshops?

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Dark crowded unsafe factories in the clothing industry

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What were immigrants expected to do?

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Assimilate (become like) the rest of the American society

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What was the melting pot theory

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Give up culture and blend in- children assimilated faster

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What are Old Immigrants?

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Those who came from Great Britain and Northern Europe and they were Protestant

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What are WASPS?

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White Anglo- Saxon Protestants

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What are New Immigrants?

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Southern Europe and Asia

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Why weren’t New Immigrants welcomed at first?

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They didn’t fit in
Job competition 
Religious differences 
Ethnic differences 
Racial differences
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What was the Anti Immigrant backlash?
Immigrant Restriction- League 1894 | Wanted to restrict immigration
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What was Nativism?
An anti immigrant movement that swept through America
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What was the American Party
Know nothing- politics party designed to restrict and stop immigration
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What were NINA signs?
No Irish need apply because they were catholic
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act? (1882)
Stopped Chinese immigration for 30 years
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What was the Gentlemen’s Agreement (1908)
Limited the number of Japanese immigrants to America
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What was the Immigration Act of 1917
Required them to be able to read or write before they could enter the country
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What was the immigration contribution?
Provided workers for the Industrialization of America Enriched America with unique customs, culture, language and literature Creative entrepreneurial talents (business)
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What was the urbanization of America?
Movement of people from the rural/ country to the urban/city | 2/3rds of immigrants moved into the cities
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What was life like in housing in the urban city? HAVE + HAVE NOTS? Middle class vs Rich?
``` Working class poor- HAVE NOTS Dumbbell Tenements (multi family dwellings) overcrowded and unsanitary Middle class- row houses Rich- Huge homes (30+ rooms) HAVES- Extreme wealth ```
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What was Transportation like?
Mass Transit (designed to move large groups of people) Streetcars Subways- 1st in Boston
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What was the water like?
Drinking in rivers, lakes and pipes | Indoor plumbing was rare
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What was sanitation like?
Street Sweepers (trash, manure, etc) Cholera Typhoid very common in the summer 1st Sewer lines by 1900 sanitation department
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What was Crime like?
Pick pockets and thieves | NYC 1st police force
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What was Fire like?
Wooden building stacked on top of each other Limited water Candles and Kerosene lanterns Cincinnati OH- 1st dept.
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What was the factory working conditions?
12hr day low pay (1$ per day) dangerous conditions and child labor
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What were Political Machines?
An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in the city by providing services to people and businesses in exchange for votes
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What was Graft?
Illegal use of political influence for personal gain-money
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How did the political machines/ graft work?
Immigrants stepped off the boat and the machine would get them a job, and a place to stay in exchange for political support (vote)
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Who were the most infamous political machines?
Tammany Hall in NYC- “Tweed Ring”- run by William Tweed (boss tweed)
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Who were the 6 corrupt presidents during the time when the US congress and the white house was corrupt?
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B Hayes, James Garfield, Chester, Arthur Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Franklin
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Who was Thomas Nast?
Journalist who drew cartoons to expose the corruption of the bosses and robber barons
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What was the Modern Industrial Economy fueled by?
Wealth from war Modern Machinery Unlimited Workplace (Immigrants)
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What was the linchpin (connected America) made it go?
Railroads
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Who controlled big businesses and created Industrial monopolies ( single seller and controls oils)
``` Cornelius Vanderbilt- Railroads Andrew Carnegie- Steel JP Morgan- Banking/finance Henry Ford- Automobile John D. Rockefeller- Oil ```
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Describe Industrial workers? Who made all the profit?
``` Working class Worked long hours for low wages Average salary-$1.50/day or $500 per year today $6000 ``` Robber Barons
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What was the period towards the end of the gilded age called? And describe it
The progressive age | Period of reform
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Who was Jacob Riis?
A social reformer journalist photographer who showed how the “other half lived”
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What are muckrakers?
They exposed the evils of society
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What were the Reforms?
``` Helping the Poor Improve Working Conditions Women’s Suffrage Alcohol reform Prohibition Education Reforms Child Labor- outlawed Government corruption Ended Business “monopolies” ```
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Who was Washington Gladden?
Founder of Social Gospel Movement
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What was the social gospel movement?
Preached salvation through service to the poor (Jesus Christ) emulate
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What are settlement houses?
Community centers that provided services to the poor
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What is the YMCA (settlement house) and who was it founded by?
Young Men’s Christian Association | George Williams
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Who founded the Salvation Army?
William Booth
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Who founded the Hull House and what was it?
Jane Addams and place for women
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What are Unions?
Organized to protect workers rights better wages, hours, safer working conditions, child labor laws
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What is a strike?
A stoppage of work (only weapon) to combat robber barons
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What are suffragettes? And who are some examples?
Women who fought for the right to vote | Susan B. Anthony, Lucrecia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul.
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When did women get the right to vote?
1920
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When was the alcohol reform prohibition? And what did it do?
1919-1933 | Forbade the sale and the consumption of alcohol
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Who was the father of public education?
Horace Mann
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What is a monopoly?
Single seller/ controls oil

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