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New immigration
Most immigration came from southern eastern Europe especially Poland,Italy,Austria,Hungary,Greece,Russia some push factors were oppression poverty war religious ethnic persecution pull factors were freedom economic opportunities "New Immigrants" either stayed in New York or took trains to join their relatives in other parts of the country -
Development of Morse code and telegraph
The telegraph allowed people to communicate across great distances the new technologies telegraphs let to was fax machines, cellphones,phones the general route that these lines followed was next to the railroads because they would have easy access to work on them. -
Boss tweed
By mid 1860 he had risen to the top position in the organization and formed the tweed ring which openly bought votes, encouraged judicial corruption extracted millions from city contracts and dominated New York City politics Tweed had to flee to U.S. to Spain after he broke out of Jail for his corruption in politics but was found because of nast cartoons ended 1878 he died in prison -
Homestead Act
The purpose of the Homestead Act was encourage settlement in the west. Many people during this time owned a plot of land "160 acres" all with different climates MOST couldn't grow vegetation due to scarcity of rich soil and rainfall these were rural areas so population was low this affected the lifestyle of the native Americans greatly because it pushed them out of their homes. -
Rise of labor unions
PURPOSE safer working conditions shorter work days weekend time off end child labor ACTIONS strike violation of property, American federation of labor riots -
first transcontinental Railroad
First Continental railroad made easier to trade from Atlantic and Pacific coast, it was also cheaper to transport goods settlers started having battles with Native Americans because it moved into reservations put rails on rich hunting grounds easy to transport cattle and goods -
Chinese Exclusionary Act
The cause of the Chinese exclusionary Act loan of jobs and low wages in Calif that were blamed on the Chinese exclusionary act 1882 significant law that restricted immigration into the united state of an ethnic working group -
Hay-market
Chicago's hay-market square demanding an 8 hr work day and turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at the polices trying to break up the demonstration at least 8 people died as a result of the violence that day the judge imposed death sentence on seven of the men and 8th was sentenced to 15 years in prison -
Opening of hull house
Opened its doors for European immigrants located near the west side of Chicago Illinois homeless shelter, daycare, and soup kitchen founded by Jane Addams and Ellen gates Starr -
Bessemer steel process
the mass production of steel from molten pig iron caption of industry Andrew Carnegie steel corp in 1992 fuel the great economic expansion of the late nineteenth century with wood and iron is replaced by steel -
Ellis island
Immigrants from southern eastern Europe, especially Poland, Italy,Austria Hanagary,Greece, Russia, those with tuberculosis or other diseases were sent back most were also not allowed if they had -
Pullman strike
The Pullman strike was a nation wide strike railroad in the U.s. on may 11, 1894 and a turning point for U.S. labor law many of the Pullman factory workers joined the american railway union led by Eugene v debs which supported their strike by launching a boycott in which ARU member refused to run trains containing Pullman cars president Cleveland sent military troops to handle the situation