Unit 8

Ethnic Neighborhood

Neighborhood where people of the same ethnic group live and speak the same language and practices the same customs of their home country

What was the 19th Amendment

Passed in 1920, gave women the right to vote

Progressive

Reformers who try to make cities cleaner and safer

Tell about "the Great Migration"

1.5 million African Americans moved to work in Northern factories and to get away from KKK and persecution from people in the south.

Tenement

A poorly built apartment building

Rapid transit

A system of trains used to move people around cities

Labor Union

An organization of workers that try to improve working conditions and its workers

When stores compete on sales

Competition

Who was John Rockefeller? Why was his company a major part of American history?

John Rockefeller was on oil company owner and his company was part of history bc he had no competition.

Tell about Immigrants lives once they made it to America

Many lived in tenements with several other families, worked long hours for little pay in dangerous factories, many faced prejudice bc people thought they would take their jobs and were afraid of their religions and cultures they practiced. Many lived in ethnic neighborhoods.

A company that has no competition

Monopoly

Why was the Bessemer process important? Who used the process in his business? How did it help his business?

The Bessemer process made it easier and cheaper to make steel. Andrew Carnegie used it and sold the steel rails to companies to make money.

Why was the invention of the electric lightbulb important? Who invented it?

The gas lightbulbs were dim and dangerous and the electric ones invented by Thomas Edison were brighter and safer

Why did large cities grow so quickly? Why did the location of the city matter?🔵

There were lots of jobs available in the city and people moved t the city to work. Transportation routes in and out of cities and waterways and railroads were important ways for goods to get in and out.

Why did immigrants come to America?

To escape war, persecution, poverty, bad treatment and to find jobs.

Strike

Workers refuse to work

Why were Labor Unions needed? Tell about working conditions in the late 1800s and early 1900s 🔵

Working conditions were bad and many workers got injured or killed. They worked hard for little pay and Labor Unions were needed to improve working conditions and pay.

settlement house

a community center for people in cities

immigration station

the checkpoint for all immigrants entering America