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Child Labor
Children had to work just as adults did: in factories, sweatshops, mines, anything available. They were treated even worse than adults. They were paid less, they worked more, etc. -
Women's Suffrage
Women got the vote! Before this anti suffragists believed that women were too weak and frail and that they always needed the care of a man. Anti suffragists also believed that women would become more masculin if they began to vote, but in 1848, women got the vote! -
Industrial Revolution
This is when the U.S. began innovating. Factories were creating more and more items. This was called mass production. In these factories, division of labor was common, where people would take on different tasks for the making of one item. -
Conservation Movement
Politicians, activists, naturalists, authors, and artists all began to make a case for conserving or preserving different parts of nature. -
Industrial Revolution Continued
This is when there were "Robber Barons" and "Captains of Industry". "Robber Barons" were the people who did not treat their workers fairly and the "Captains of Industry" did the opposite of the "Robber Barons" and they treated workers fairly. -
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Gilded Age
This was an era between 1865 and 1900. This was a when America had a greatly expanding economy. This is a piece of the Progressive Era. -
Immigration
This is when people from other countries flooded in in hopes of finding their dream. Nativism was limiting what immigrants could do or could not until they became American Citizens. Migrants had to become naturalized to become a citizen. Migrants experienced prejuduce, or a disliking of different races. Migrants wanted to continue their old cultures, but this was looked down upon. Culture are the beliefs and customs of diffrerent races or ethnicities. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
This is when the Chinese who immigrated to America could NOT become citizens unless they had sucsessfully completed their hardships which would most likely neve be completed. This is what the Americans were hoping for. This is an example of nativism. -
American Fedaration of Labor
Only skilled workers waere allowed to join the union but no immigrants or African Americans -
Haymarket Square Riot
Labor protest-someone threw a bomb at the police. Seven police killed. -
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PROGRESSIVE ERA
This is what each date is about. This is when the U.S. began to progress. The Progressive Era was, overall, a good thing. -
Waves of Immigration
This is when different races came over from different countries. There were many Chinese and Irish people. Many came over and this is about the time Ellis Island was created. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This was the first federal law to regulate corporations and trusts. This was aimed to end monopolies and it established a precedent, or a model and expectation, for antitrust legisllation. -
Ellis Island
This is when Ellis Island was opened up for immigrants. Immigrants had to go through this big process of being able to come into America. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
This is when our 26th President, Roosevelt, began trustbusting. Most preseidents did not think that trusts were something to be dealed with. Frankly, they did not care. Roosevelt did care about this and went about breaking up trusts. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Workers are trapped inside the factory andare burned to death and 146 female workers are killed -
Labor Movement
This is when labor unions were being created. Labor unions, like the muckrakers, were groups of people who supported workers benefit. These people wanted 8 hours of sleep, work, and leisure time. They wanted good conditions, they wanted good pay. All of these things soon came to being with the labor movement. -
American Dream
This is when immigrants began to believe the American Dream. The American Dream is the belief that America is the best and that if you live in America, then you will surely have a good life. -
Immigration Act
This is when the U.S. limited the amount of immigrants coming into the country. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census.
