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immigration, industrialism, inventions
Ms. Pews social studies
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History
6th Grade
10/21/2013

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AFL
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"union of white only, men, skilled workers "
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Air brake for train
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Westinghouse
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Alexander Graham Bell
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telephone
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Alice Paul
Definition
womens rights
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American Treatment of Immigrants
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"used immigrants as labor supply, immigrants rejected at ellis island that could not pass health exams, had limits to how many immigrants could come from each country"
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Andrew Carnegie
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"Andrew carnegie, owner, dominated steel industry, rewarded good workers, fired bad workers, slashed prices"
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Angel Island
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It was like Ellis Island except it was on the west coast
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Assembly line
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"line of workers in a factory, sometimes dangerous conditions"
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Camera
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"George Eastman, the kodak was the first easy to use camera 1888"
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Carnegie Steel
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produced 25% of nations bessemer steel
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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rail roads
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Dillingham Bill
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introduced legislation limiting immigration of aliens in america
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Duke Family
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tobacco leader
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Ellis Island
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called the island of tears because families left their homes and were often sent back to their countries for health reasons. The inspections were uncomfortable for the immigrants. The trip across the atlantic was difficult
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Ethnic Enclaves
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"areas of a city dominated by a particular culture, like Little Italy or Chinatown"
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Factory Conditions
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"unsafe, long hours, few breaks, low salary"
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George Eastman
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camera
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George Westinghouse
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"air brake for trains, transportation safety, "
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Guggenheim Family
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copper
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Henry Ford
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horseless carriage also known as the car
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Horseless carriage
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Ford - car
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Ida Tarbell
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muckracker who exposed standard oil
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John D Rockefeller
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"owned 90% of the oil in his company, monopoly"
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John Muir
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environment and national parks
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Joseph Pulitzer
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newspaper publishing
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Journey Across the Atlantic
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"disease on ship, crowded, watery soup, few bathrooms"
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JP Morgan
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banking industry
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Laissez-faire
Definition
a government policy of hands off big business
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Latham Sholes
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invented typewriter keyboard
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Legal Inspections
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after immigrants wnet through a medical exam they had a legal inspection
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Light bulb
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Edison
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Living Conditions
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"tenements, crowded dirty small outside toilets, rats, bad, stale rotten food, 60% babies died in the first year of life"
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Medical Inspections
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"all immigrants had to go through medical inspections except 1st and 2nd class, if you were sick they could pull you off the line and could send you back or they could put a chalk mark on you"
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Monopoly
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when one company dominates an entire industry like standard oil
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Muckrakers
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investigative journalist who exposed bad things in big industry
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Political Machine
Definition
when local groups control the voting
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Push and Pull Factors
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"disease, poverty'religious persecution, wealth"
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Qwerty keyboard
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"key layout still used today, rst letters always got jammed, keys spell qwerty"
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Robert La Follette
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ending political corruption and fought for fair taxes
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Standard Oil
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"John D. Rockefeller, owner dominated 90% of the oil industry-drove other oil copanies out of business. Standard oil lowered oil prices and when they owned all other iol companies they raised their prices and gained control over oil pipelines and the railroads"
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Steerage
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low level in a ship. In some ships second class passengers also called steerage
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Strike
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How unions made their voices and demands heard-they usually protested
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Teddy Roosevelt
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fought for environment and breaking up trusts
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Telephone
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"alexander graham bell, made history, thomas watson assistant, invented the telephone, people could speak to one another electronically, different from telegraph because you could hear voices"
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The Jungle
Definition
book written by upton sinclair about evils of the meat packing industry
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Thomas Edison
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"invented electricity, the light bulb"
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Thomas Edison and William Dickinson
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"kinetograph - moving picture machine - using george eastman's picture film in 1889, original movie projector, entertainment"
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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"the largest industry fire disaster where 146 workers were killed, employers had blocked stairwells and exits to prevent thefts and this also prevented workers from escaping during fires, help to create reform in the industry"
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Trust
Definition
an enormous company
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Union
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"a group of workers who came together for a cause, like higher wages and better working conditions"
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Upton Sinclair
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muckracker-investigared bad practices in the meat packing industry-result the beginning of food inspection laws
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Wobblies
Definition
a union that all workers could join
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