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new migration
irish- new religion
economic condition
german religious background difficulties political differences -
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New Immigration
In 1924 congress passed a discriminatory immigration law that restricted the immigration Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States -
Morse Code
Invented by Samuel Morse, made for faster communication. -
william m tweed
they used dishonest politicians to gain control of new york city
support neighborhoods of new immigrants by giving them help and jobs -
Homestead Act
Encouraged homesteaders to migrate western to the public land. -
Chinese Exclusionary Act
1st and only major legislation to suspend immigration of a certain nationality -
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Cattle Drive Era
-From texas to the mid west in Nebraska
- Cattle drives were sent to Chicago to be slaughtered
- Barb wire was put up by farmers to stop cattle from destroying crops and getting loose. -
First transcendental railroad
first time america could travel freely from coast to coast
markets expanded
people moved east -
Nast cartoon about boss tweed
boss tweed suspected of stealing millions of $$ from the city NY
nast used his character to help prosecute boss tweed for fraud -
rise of labor unions
purpose
fought for wages and safer working conditions -
standard oil company
founded by john d rockefeller with associates
after making major progress with his company made his own transportation -
gilded age and western expansion
the gilded age was an era of rapid economic growth
people moved west and caused the western expansion -
bessemer steel process
the removal of impurities
the bessemer process revolutionized steel production decreasing cost -
hay market riot
low wages dangerous working conditions
labor protest near chicagos hay market square -
hull house
to provide higher civic and seal life
located in chicago illinois
founded by ellen g starr jane addams -
ellis island
some of the people that arrived were southern europeans -
Andrew Carnegie
Made carnegie steel in 1892, took control of the steel industry, then sold the company to JP Morgan. Wrote the Gospel of wealth -
Pullman Strike
-Factory wages at the company fell about 25% but the rents George Pullman charged did not decrease
-3 thousand Pullman workers went on a "wildcat" strike that is without authorization
-june 29th, 50 thousand men quit their jobs.
-Pullman strike was important because it was the first time a federal injunction had ever been used to break up a strike. -
island angel
san fransisco bay
immigrants processed one million asian immigrants
chinese japenses immigrants -
great migration
pull factors to north
job opportunities
voting was a right -
americanization day
created to bring together new and old immigrants
americans viewed immigrants as a threat to americas way of life -
north river steamboat
trade=rapid transportation of goods
transportation= wealthy would use it as form to travel in rivers