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Immigration and Industrialization

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They moved from rural areas to the cities where the Industrial Revolution was in motion
How did where Americans lives change as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
20-40%
Between 1865 and 1900, the percentage of Americans living in cities increased from
Agriculture
Before the Industrial Revolution what was the economy based off of?
Steel mills, coal mining, railroads, and factories
What were the occupations in the industrial sector?
Trains, Airplanes, Street Cars, and Horseless Carriages
Name three types of transportation in the Industrial Revolution
Telegraph
In the area of communication, first came the
Telephone
In the area of communication, later came the
Steam Engine
In the first Industrial Revolution what was the major invention?
Steel industry and oil industry
The second Industrial Revolution made a rise in which two industries?
Andrew Carnegie
Who was the business tycoon in the Steel industry
John D. Rockefeller
Who was the business tycoon in the Oil industry
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Who was the business tycoon in the Railroad
J.P. Morgan
Who formed the first Billion Dollar Corporation
Old immigrants or the nativists
What was the immigrants from 1800-1880 called?
Northwestern Europe
What region of Europe did most of these immigrants of the first wave come from?
Britain, Germany, Ireland, Holland, Norway, Denmark
Name 3 countries that belong to this region for Nativists?
Protestants
What religious group did the nativists come from?
New immigrants
What were the immigrants that came from 1891-1910?
Southern and Eastern Europe
70% of the immigrants were from
Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish
What were the three major religious groups that the new immigrants came from?
Economic Hardship, Armed Conflict and Political Instability, Religious and Ethnic persecution
What are the reasons that most of the immigrants left their homes?
Cultural differences
Friction from the nativists and the new immigrants was based off religious and
Jobs
Another major source of friction between the two groups of immigrants was competition over
Ellis Island
Where did most of the immigrants who came to the US in the later 19th and early 20th century were processed?
Angel Island
Where were Asian immigrants processed?
Factories and Plants, Long Hours
What jobs did the new immigrants often take?
Poorly Built Apartment Building, Overpowered, Filthy, Disease-Ridden
What were tenements?
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