jeopardy of the late 1800s- the early 1900s

Jeopardy of the late

1800s- the early 1900s

By: Jane Vandergeest

Gilded Ages Immigration Urbanization

Work Popery

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Who was elected President in 1876?

Rutherford B. Hayes

Congress passed ______, ________, and

_______ in 1890. Sherman Silver Purchase Act, Pension Act, McKinley Tariff

Top 3 reasons for immigrants to move to

the USto buy land

businesses for sons to take over

provide dowries for daughters

Most immigrants came to the united

states during the …? Progressive Era

Where did most immigrants coming to the United States

for the first time settle?

Cities

Which groups of people were added to

the new working class? (name at least 2)

Females Children Immigrants African Americans

Why were some immigrants deported?

They were deported because they had a mental disability or physical disability.

What is urbanization and where did it

happen? The growth of cities North Eastern cities

Describe the living conditions of the new

immigrants. Immigrants were forced to live in

TENEMENTS, which were CHEAP, DIRTY and CROWDED, and they were also forced to WORK for little pay due to the fact that the CITIES offered many UNSKILLED JOBS.

Most jobs were completed by …

Manual Labor

What are pogroms? organized tax often encouraged by

authorities

Once farmers were able to be more productive with

machines, they were able to produce these

for profit. Cash Crops

Cyrus McCormick perfected this

machine. It could do the job of 16 men.

mechanical reaper

Name 2 main cash crops in the late 1800s and early

1900s. Tobacco Cotton Grain Wheat

the United States Government aided the development of

the West by…? Granting land for railroads to be built

After the Civil War, one way business leaders tried to

eliminate competition was by

forming monopolies or trusts

The cartoonist would most likely support federal government attempts to

pass antitrust legislation

What was a major cause of the trend shown in the

chart? increased

industrialization

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

Trusts are a threat to the nation

The slogan “Eight hours for work, eight hours for

sleep, eight hours for what we will” was used

in the late 1800s to promote a major goal of Organized labor for incoming immigrants

The main purpose of this 1886 poster was

toorganize a protest against acts of police brutality against workers

From 1865 to 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased.

During the 19th century, ___ ____was

one of the most powerful states in the

nation because it became the financial

and industrial center of the nation

New York

One reason John D. Rockefeller, Andrew

Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan were sometimes called robber barons was

because they…? used ruthless business tactics against their

competitors

Which term best describes United States economic policy during the era of the rise of big business (1865-1900)?

laissez-faire capitalism