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Protective Tariff is Passed
The government passed this tariff to encouraage the purchase of U.S goods. -
Impact of world market on SOCIETY
People have an easier access to goods and there is a growth in urban areas. -
Impact of world impact on ENVIRORMENT
Fatcory and mining pollution ruins the land and there is soil erosion from over farming, -
Macys
Macy's was the first department store in the United States and used widespread advertising to get busniness. -
Growth of Industry
Mass production from the war trigger this and immigrants flood the U.S. -
Immigrants and work
Immigrants enter the U.S and work for low wages. -
Yellowstone park
This national park was created to preserve the land so that it will stop getting ruined by erosion and over farming, -
World market
The world market is becoming an economis power. -
Rise of Entraprenours
An entraprenour is an investor or a creator. -
Railroads
Railroads became a muche easier way of transportationand was aso the cause of a stroke in 1877 which was the beginning of many ther strikes, -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act exclused chinese laborers from entering the U.S and it also limits the rights of chinese people in the U.S -
Haymariot Square Strike
The workers wanted an 8 hour worky and there was a lot of violence, bombs, and many deaths. -
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
This regulates U.S businesses -
Push effect
When people are "pushed" away from their country from economis hardships, persecution, a lack of jobs, or war. -
Pull effect
Poeple are "pulled" into the U.S for jobs, cheap land,more freedoms, and family. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This law makes monopolies illegal. -
"How The Other Half Lives"
This was a book written by Jacob Riis that is about the horrows of tenements in the city. -
Families and labor movement
Both parents are forced to work and even children have to work. -
Labor Movement
Workers ffuel the industry. Immigrants work for low wages under dangerous woking conditions and there is also an endlesssuppy of labor. -
Homested Strike
The worker's wages were cut but the cost of living was NOT cut so they rioted and striked against their busniess. -
Pullman Strike
The workers wages were cut and this turned the opinion of t5he people towards unions. -
American Railway Union
Eugene vs. Debs. They were arrested because they refused to end the strik,e and with this, the union loses their power. -
Rise of name brands
A name brand isrecognized and has a distinct logo, in this period of time, people all voer the country started buying name brand items. -
Urbanization
This is the creation of cities and their population. It is the moving of farmers to the cities. -
Americanization
This is the process of teaching immigrants English, how to dress American, and eat American. -
Tenements
These were low cost and multi family living spaces with poor sanitation and poor ventilation. -
Water and sanitation of tenements
Streets and alleys were filled wsitht rash and waste, there were mnay epidemics. -
Government and tenements
The government steps in and realizes how bad the tenements really are, they locate a new water supply and create a filtration system. -
Benefits of the city
people went for jobs, there were many opportunities for women, there were better school, and more entertainment. -
"Melting Pot"
This is the process of white nationalities merging into one culture. With this process, many immigrants faced hardships. -
Jacob Riis
He was a journalist that brings the horrow of the tenements to the public -
Natuism
Thsi is the idea thsat U.S born immigrants were "better" than new comers. -
Conspicuous Consumerism
This is the demand for new products. -
Consumerism
This is when the economy has more money, more products, and lower prices.