Unit 4 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Impact of the Haymarket Riot
Bomb exploded in a crowd of policemen, police fired into strikers, public started to turn against labor unions.
Homestead Strike
Carnegie Steel plant went on strike when wages were cut.
Violence broke out - Pennsylvania National Guard called in to break up the strike.
Pullman Strike
Pullman employees went on strike after wages were cut.
Violence broke out – U.S. Army sent in by President Cleveland to break up the strike
Impact of Violent Strikes
Violence in strikes caused the public to turn against labor unions
Most immigrants that came from Southern and Eastern Europe
New Immigrants
“push” factors (reasons to leave their homeland)
famine, land shortages, religious or political persecution
“pull” factors (reason to come to the U.S.)
economic opportunity, freedom from persecution
Smaller numbers of immigrants from ________ and ________ came to the West coast of the U.S. between 1851-1883
China, Japan
Immigration center in the New York Harbor
Ellis Island
Immigration center in San Francisco
Angel Island
Significance of Ellis Island
17 million immigrants will go through this center
Areas with people of the same ethnicity, culture, religion, and language
Ethnic Neighborhoods
The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group
Assimilation
Essential in the process of assimilating children of immigrants.
Public Schools
A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity.
Political Machine
Favoritism of native-born Americans combined with anti-immigrant feelings.
Nativism
What did the native-born Americans dislike about immigrants?
Immigrants would take jobs for lower pay, resentment that many immigrants would not give up their cultural identities. Feared immigrants threatened American way of life.
Importance of Chinese Exclusion Act?
First significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
Reflected the growing American fear that people from southern and eastern European countries not only did not adapt well into American society but threatened its very existence
Immigration Restriction Act of 1921
What was the primary focus in settling the west?
Settling and Farming
How was the Transcontinental Railroad significant?
Connected markets in the East and West
What fueled the Industrial Revolution?
natural resources, creative ideas, and growing markets
Andrew Carnegie doing philanthropic work is an example of a:
Captain of Industry
Becoming wealthy by exploiting natural resources and corrupting politicians makes me a:
Robber Baron
