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77 cards·by Hark
What year did the depression end?
1897
By what year would the US become the world's greatest industrial power
1910
What changed the face of the US
corporations
What made styskrapers possible to build
steel and elevators
What happened 1914-1920s
Great Migration
what was the great migration
When N. cities attracted immigrants, southern blacks and women
the corporate revolution happened in
production and management
What were the 3 sources of economic growth
Technology, incandescent bulb, Alternate current
what did technology define as in the 19th century
harnessing of electrical power, gas powered internal combustion engine
what did the incandescent bulb allow
light into homes and offices
what did alternate current allow for?
electric transmissions over long distances
what did henry ford unveil
the model-T
what grew significantly in size in the late 19th and early 20th century
Corporations
what allowed the increase in mass production and consumer culture
technology advancing
what were mergers
instruments of control
what were mergers an example of
vertical integration
define vertical integration
merging competing aspects of production into one
define horizontal integration
buying out competitors
Up until that time, who created the largest merger in 1901
JP Morgan and Andrew Carnegie
who made use of horizontal integration
Rochefeller
What did Fredrick Taylor do
studied human tasks and timed how long it took each person to complete a task
who created the assembly line
Fredrick Taylor
who made use of the assembly line
Henry Ford
what did assembly line work cause
decreased worker job satisfaction
what was needed to help with the new corporate and production structures
Managers
who wrote the gospel of wealth in 1889
Andrew Carnegie
what did the Gospel of wealth say
Encouraged rich people to use their excess profits for the benefit of society
what is philanthropy
when rich people use their extra money for the benefit of society
What was social darwanism
a struggle among races with the strongest triumphing
what were two things that social darwanism justified
imperialism and the gap b/w the rich and poor
what is imperialism
when one nation goes out and tries to take over other nations
with what time period are new immigrants associated with
1880-1914
where were the majority of "new immigrants" from
southern and eastern europe
what were most new immigrants
catholics, Jews, non-english speaking
how did old immigrants see the new immigrants as
as racially inferior and culturally impoverished
what was the main motivation for immigration
economic hardship
when did chinese immigration start and why
1849, gold rush
chinese immigrants represented how much of the US population
2%
what did most chinese immigrants work on
railroads
who was Dennis Kearney
started ant-chinese campaign. member of Workingman's Party SF
what did coolie mean
derogatory term meaning cheap chinese labor
what was Dennis Kearney's argument
said coolie labor was hurting the white man
what year was the chinese exclusion act pased
1882
who passed the chinese exclusion act
congress
what was the chinese exclusions act
prohibited chinese immigration for 10 years which lasted until WW 2
what did the chinese exclusion act cause
racism, fear, discrimination
what was the gentlemen's agreement
made with the japanese gov. and it stopped jap. immigration
what year was the gentleman's agreement made
1907
what did the alien land law of 1913 do
asians were prohibited from owning land
what was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company
NYC garment factory 1911
in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire how many women were killed
146
why did so many workers die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire
workers were locked in factory with no fire escapes
what was the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire
regulation of building codes, laws for better fire escapes
describe tenements
lack of windows, little light, few had toilets or running water
what did urban reformers try and do to tenements
organized to improve living conditions
who did polictical machines target
urban poor immigrants
what were political machiens
involved in corrupt practices in exchange for votes
by the 1890s the AFL was
more timid and conservative
by the 1890s the AFL
withdrew form political activism
1897-1904 Gompers was able to do what for the AFL
Gompers increased membership 4x for the AFL
AFL stands for
American Federation of Labor
which group dominated the AFL
old immigrant skilled workers
The AFL had only
limited success
what did IWW stand for
Industrial workers of the world
in 1905 who was the leader of the IWW
Big Bill Haywood
what did the IWW believe in
rejected the idea of craft unions and said all workers should be represented
what were members of the IWW
socialists
who did the IWW organize
the poorest workers
what did Margaret Sanger advocate for
Birth COntrol
Emma Goldman said what
denounced marriage as a kind of prostitution and advocated for free love
Alice Paul
brought a militancy element to the campaign for women's suffrage
The Mann Act was passed in
1910
what was the Mann Act in reaction to
new feminism
what did the Mann Act do
made the transportation of women across state lines for immoral purposes (prostitution) a
federal crime
the working class in the early 20th century did what?
created self help institutions and fought for reforms
African Amer. moved where in search of opportunities
North. but were shut out of them
urban America did what
changed ways of thinking and acting