Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US? wanted to escape religious prosecution have a better life escape rising population in home country sought to find independents expected to find jobs
Where did immigrants come from? Japan China Europe Asia Germany England Russia Poland Mexico west indies
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? the ships had diseases had to find places to lives and jobs had to learn different languages had to deal with discrimination
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions? to much crowding let to fighting band the Chinese immigrants got band because of racism mostly same with Japanese. if immigrants couldn't read 40 words in English they weren't allowed to enter.
Ch. 7.
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's? cities were the cheapest and most convenient place to live they also offered unskilled labors jobs in mills and factories Farmers gave up farming and moved to the city immigration
What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population? tenements an apartment building with 3-5 families living in it. water sanitation crime and fire do to crowding and lack of money there wasn't enough housing. Pollution disease c
What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities? Busses cities had mass transit transportation that affordable. Passed minimum standards for plumbing made water much cleaner water works for increasing demand filtration crime organized the first full time salaried police force established a fire department.
Ch. 7.3
Gilded age known to be panted with gold but in the inside it was bad people weren't getting paid well bad working area.
What was the political machine and what did they do for a city? a group of people that control the city gave people jobs helped the city so when the mayor was getting elected they would get there votes. Built loyalty buying people out paying for food they controlled the government if they got into the right position.
Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring. lead the tweed ring that lead the politicians over taxed payers made himself look good by doing charity stuff all he wanted was people votes
What caused all this corruption in government? the politicians and political machine greed and desire for money and power lots of dishonest people
What laws came about to reform government? pendleto civil service act authorized a neutral government agency to decide federal jobs based on the candidates performance on an examination
Ulysses S. Grant , Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?
Ch. 8.1:
-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems? Cities getting over populated overcrowd cities not much transportation. elevators were invented first skyscraper built in 1902 started to build out of steel because its much stronger. 1888 trolley cars came to be. printing made jobs for authors the wright brothers invented the airplane photography took off kodak camera sold for 25 dollars. Metal windmill 1872 metal detector 1881 radio 1895 aspirin 1897
Ch. 8.2:
-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's? William Torrey Harris U.S commissioner of education thought that education would lift all classes of people into civilized life thought that education was needed for a stable democratic nation Most states had some education by the civil war not many children received formal schooling between 1865-1895 states passed laws requiring 12-16 weeks of each school year. 62% of white children went to elementary school. 1900 mor than half a million kids attended high school science civics and social studies were core classes.
Ch. 8.3:
-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?
-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.
Ch. 8.4:
-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.
-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?
-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?
-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?
-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?
-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?
-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?
-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?
-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?
-What did the 17th Amendment do?
Ch. 9.2
-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.
-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
-Square Deal
-Breaking up strikes
-Regulating railroads
-Regulating food and drugs
-Conservation
-Policy towards African-Americans
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff
-Land disputes
-Breaking up trusts
-16th Amendment
-Policy towards African-Americans
-Break-up of the Republican Party
-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.
Ch. 9.5
-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act
-Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission
-Federal Farm Loan Act
-Underwood Tariff
-Federal Reserve Act
-Keating–Owen Act
-Adamson Act
-US Neutrality in WWI
-Policy towards African-Americans
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