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USII.4b Immigration Review Study Guide INB p.39

I. Reasons for the increase in immigration:

H - Hope for Better Opportunities

E - Escape from Oppressive Governments

A - Adventure

R - Religious Freedom

II. Reasons why cities grew and developed:

S - Specialized Industries

I - Immigration to America from other Countries

M - Movement of Americans from Rural to Urban Areas for Job

Opportunities

Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements.

III. Efforts to solve immigration problems:

**Settlement houses such as Hull Housefounded by Jane Addams

-Hull House is located in Chicago, Ill. in the Midwest Region

Settlement houses were neighborhood community centers that helped the needy by providing medical care, playgrounds, and taught English, music, arts, & crafts

**Political Machines that gained power by attending to the needs of new immigrants ( ie. jobs, housing) Political machines were politicians who promised immigrants jobs & housing if they voted for them

IV. Discrimination against immigrants:

*Chinese *Irish

V. Challenges faced by cities:

**Tenements and ghettos

Apartment buildings in poor, rundown neighborhoods.

**Political corruption (by political machines )

Corrupt politicians who made promises they couldn’t keep

USII.4d Big Business Review Study Guide INB p.47

Directions: Use your INB notes to answer the following questions.

1. How was America transformed between the Civil War and WWI?

From an agricultural nation to an industrial nation.

2. List the 4 Reasons for the Rise and Prosperity of Big Business:

a. National markets created by transportation advances

b. Captains of industry

c. Advertising due to mail order catalog

d. Lower-cost production due to the assembly line by Henry Ford

3. Who were the 4 Captains of Industry and what industry were they known for?

Captain Industry

1. John D. Rockefeller Oil

2. Andrew Carnegie Steel

3. Henry Ford Automobile

4. Cornelius Vanderbilt Shipping & Railroads

4. What 4 factors caused the growth of industry?

a. Access to raw materials

b. Inventions (such as light bulb-Thomas Edison and telephone-Alexander G. Bell)

c. Availability of the work force due to immigration

d. Financial resources provided by the Captains of Industry

5. The 3 examples of BIG Business are: Railroads, Oil & Steel

6. Industrialization and the rise in big business influenced life on American farms through Postwar changes in farm and city life by:

a. Mechanization reduced farm labor needs and increased production (reaper)

b. Industrial development in cities created increased labor needs.

c. Industrialization provided access to consumer goods (mail order catalog)

7. An example of mechanization would be the reaper.

8. What advertising tool provided access to consumer goods? Mail order catalog

9. Who were financial resources provided by? The Captains of Industry

10. What are the two inventions that contributed to great change and industrial growth, and WHO is known for each invention?

*Light bulb and mechanical uses of electricity by Thomas Edison

*Telephone service by Alexander Graham Bell

USII.4e Progressive Movement Study Guide INB p. 49

Negative effects of industrialization

• Child Labor

• Long hours, low wages

• Unsafe working conditions

Rise of organized labor

• Formation of Unions: Growth of American Federation of Labor

• Strikes: Aftermath of Homestead Strike

Progressive Movement workplace reforms

• Placed Restrictions on Child Labor

• Reduced Work Hours

• Improved Safety Conditions

Women’s suffrage

• Increased educational opportunities

• Attained voting rights

– Women gained the right to vote with passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

– Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked for women’s suffrage.

Temperance movement

• Composed of groups opposed to alcohol

• Supported the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States

Using Textbook pages 554-602, create a foldable using your study guides, pictures, and political cartoons. Be sure to include the essential knowledge from your study guides on Big Business and Immigration on your foldables.

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