| A | B |
|---|
| immigrant groups contribution to america | growth and expansion |
| west grows | after civil war |
| 2 groups that migrated west after the civil war | southerners and african americans |
| old immigrants | came from northern and western europe |
| new immigrants | came from southern and eastern europe |
| reasons why immigrants came to america | economic opportunities |
| contributions of chinese, irish, italian immigrants | labor |
| pay for immigrants | much lower than non-immigrants |
| statue of liberty | symbol for america, democracy, new opportunities |
| melting pot | different cultures coming together as one |
| reasons for resenting new immigrants | job competion, fear of unknown customs, belief that others were inferior |
| reason for immigrants settling in cities | factory work |
| means of transportation in new york city | subways to move and travel |
| living conditions in cities | crowded |
| importance of bessemer process | produced steel quickly and cheaply |
| how corporations gained wealth | investments of stockholders |
| thomas edison | invented light bulb and electric wiring |
| alexander graham bell | invented telephone |
| wright brothers | airplane |
| jobs for women | secretaries and telephone operators |
| improved the assembly line | henry ford |
| importance of the assembly line | moved products faster |
| andrew carnegie | steel |
| john rockefeller | oil |
| j.p. morgan | banking |
| vanderbilt | railroad |
| segregation laws | jim crow |
| separate but equal | allowed segregation or separation of the races |
| dred scott v. sanford | stated that african americans were not u.s. citizens |
| plessy v. ferguson | stated that separate but equal was legal |
| brown v. board of education | stated that separate but equal was not legal |
| great migration | african american moved to northern cities for jobs |
| competition for jobs | african americans and immigrants |
| believed in aquiring vocational skills, then ask for social change | booker t. washington |
| bielieved in higher education and equality | w.e.b. dubois |
| groups settled in cities | ethnic enclaves |
| segregation practiced | south |
| industrial age treatment of women | poorly with less pay |
| purpose of labor unions | protect workers rights, improve wages |
| first labor union | knights of labor |
| monopoly | one busines controls a product |
| suffrage movement | used marches and boycotts to gain voting rights |
| woman synonymous with women rights | susan b. anthony |
