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Events of Immigraton throughout the Industrial Revolution
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Immigtation in the U.S
Over 27 million came to the United States between 1870-1924. -
Great Railroad strike of 1877
Economic recession led to railroad cutting wages, making this the first labor strike. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur founded the Pasteur Institute and begins to cure deseases and infections. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket Riot began in Chicago, as a rally in support of striking workers. A bomb was thrown into the rally, which started the riot. Eight men were convicted, and four men were executed. -
Rudolf Diesel
Diesel was a German inventor, and mechanical engineer. After many failed attempts and a near death experience he became famous for the invention of the Diesel Engine. -
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor that's best known for the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system. This was very important and useful in the Industrial Revolution. -
Ellis Island
Thousands of Immigrants came to America for a "new life." The first person ever to step off Ellis Island was a girl named Annie Moore who was only 14 years old at the time. -
Mary Harris Jones
Also known as Mary "Mother" Jones, she was an Irish-American, originally born in Ireland, a prominant woman union leader during the Industrial Revolution. She organized mine workers in the United States. -
Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers created the first successful Airplane that was great during the Industrial Revolution. They are of German decent. -
Mary Mallon
Mary Mallon, also known as "typhiod Mary," was the first recorded carrier of typhiod fever during this time period. She was an Irish Immigrant cook. -
Immigration of rish-Catholics
Irish-Catholics were the largest religious group in the United States, during the period of the Industrial Revolution! -
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
This "sweatshop," The Triagle Shirtwaist Company wiped out around 146 immigrant women due to a fire that struck. Some of these immigrant women were as young as 15 years old. A sweatshop is a small factory running under unsanitary working conditions. -
Hull House
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr co-founded the first settlement house in Chicago, Illonois. Its purpose was for the desire to help others This settlement house had a mix of Irish, Bohemian, Italian, Russian and Polish Immigrants. It helped to form the Immigrants Protective League. -
Who's an Immigrant?
By 1920, 1 out of every 4 people living in the United States was born from another country. -
Henry Ford
He employed many immigrant workers (Irish, Italian, etc.) to work on the assembly lines of the Ford Motor Company. The mass production of the model T was partly due to the fact of all the immigrant workers. -
Immigration Act of 1924
This act reduced the number of Immigrants to 164,000 per year.
