Ch. 6.3:
-Tell me about Andrew Carnegie.
-Tell me about John D. Rockefeller.
-What was Social Darwinism and how did it apply to business?
-Explain how companies formed monopolies(vertical/horizontal integration, trusts).
-How did the government try to regulate business?
-What are labor unions and what is their purpose?
Were labor unions successful in achieving their goals? Explain/Give examples.
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US?
- To earn money
- Wanted to escape from difficult times
- push and pull factors
Where did immigrants come from?
- Europeans
- Italy
- Austria-Hungary
- Russia
- Chinese/Japanese
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?
- W(hite).A(nglo).S(axon).P(rotestant) --what Americans wanted in 'merica--
- had to sleep in louse-infested bunks
- share toilets with many other passengers
- diseases spread quickly
- had to go through inspections
- anxiety of weather they will get into US or not.
- if sick were sent home
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?
- because they would take jobs for less, so Americans didn't want them here, and they wanted those jobs.
- To many came in from one country
- Gentlemen Agreement Act
- The Chinese Exclusion Act
- places, schools and jobs they could go to
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