1. Describe the causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Europeans came to America in the late 19th and 20 centuries because of a few reasons. The first is religous persecution. An example of which is the Jews. They were being attacked by other Europeans. They also came for the number of jobs. The European popultaion had grown a lot so people were having a hard time finding jobs. The Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese came for a few reasons also. The Chinese came to be a part of the gold rush for easy money and they also came fore jobs. The Japanese came for the supposivly high paying jobs.
2. Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations.
The steamships most immigrants took were horrible. They had no room to live really. Tons and Tons of people were crowded into the ships to get to Ammerica. They had to sleep in bad blankets infested with louse. They had only a few tolliets. In these small spaces disease was rampant because they were so close together. The experience at the immigration stations like Ellis Island and Angel Island were hard. They were give a medical exam to make sure they were health and if they could work. If they couldn't they were sent back home. They were questioned to see if they had commited a crime and if they had money. If they did commit a crime or didn't have money they were sent away.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Labor Unions & Big Business
The Knights of Labor
a. Identification The Knights of Labor were a labor union that was made for garment cutters. It then became open to other groups in 1870. The knights let women and African Americans join their union. They wanted everybody to be self emploied because they thought it would be easier. They oposed stikes and people broke away from the group because they wanted to be more violent.
b. Significance They helped give workers an eight hour work day.
The Haymarket riot
a. Identification The Haymarket riot started because the chicago police shot a few people while strikers were attacking strikebreakers. Then the next day the a bomb went off in the strikers area while they were facing off against the police.
b. Significance It made people fear workers. They also feared immagrants. It made private investors set up a military base for protection. Made business owners fear strikers, agreeing to resist strike and purchase strike insurance.
The American Federation of Labor a. Identification The American Federation of Labor was a labor union that concentrated on making agreements between workers and managment of the companies. They used stikes as a tactic. They didn't hire many unskilled workers. It was divided into crafts. The AFL avoided parties and helped all workers.
b. Significance The AFL also tryed to help workers with increasing pay while decreasing hours.
Samuel Gompers
a. Identification Samuel Gompers was a cigar maker who led the Cigar Makers' International Union to combine with other unions of crafts.
b. Significance Leader of the AFL who helped workers get better par and less hours but did it regardless of their party.
The Homestead strike
a. Identification The Homestead strike started because of pay cuts. The president pf the company hired armed guards and things got ugly. Then the state milita got involved. The strike lasted to November but they had lost support and surrendered to the company.
b. Significance The significance was that because of this failed strike the steel workers union took a long time to strike again. Around 45 years.
the Pullman strike
a. Identification The Pullman Strike was a strike over the wage cuts at the Pullman Palace car company near Chicago. The owner Pullman cut wages but didn't cut rent of houses. This made workers angry because they could barely afford the rent as is.
b. Significance The Pullman Strike showed that the government didn't really care about the little guy becasue they sided with the corporations.
Eugene V. Debs
a. Identification Eugene V. Debs tried to form a union for railroad workers called the American Railway Union. Got arrested for helping the Pullman strike.
b. Significance He tried to help and was punished. This shows that it takes more than one union to make a change.
The Industrial Workers of the World a. Identification The Industrial Workers of the World was a labor union for industrial workers and accepted African-Americans. It accepted the ideas of socialism. Aproved the use of violence and sabatage.
b. Significance The IWW used violent tatics which brought the hammer of the government down upon them in a little amount of time. It showed that violence isn't the answer.
a. Identification The Knights of Labor were a labor union that was made for garment cutters. It then became open to other groups in 1870. The knights let women and African Americans join their union. They wanted everybody to be self emploied because they thought it would be easier. They oposed stikes and people broke away from the group because they wanted to be more violent.
b. Significance They helped give workers an eight hour work day.
The Haymarket riot
a. Identification The Haymarket riot started because the chicago police shot a few people while strikers were attacking strikebreakers. Then the next day the a bomb went off in the strikers area while they were facing off against the police.
b. Significance It made people fear workers. They also feared immagrants. It made private investors set up a military base for protection. Made business owners fear strikers, agreeing to resist strike and purchase strike insurance.
The American Federation of Labor a. Identification The American Federation of Labor was a labor union that concentrated on making agreements between workers and managment of the companies. They used stikes as a tactic. They didn't hire many unskilled workers. It was divided into crafts. The AFL avoided parties and helped all workers.
b. Significance The AFL also tryed to help workers with increasing pay while decreasing hours.
Samuel Gompers
a. Identification Samuel Gompers was a cigar maker who led the Cigar Makers' International Union to combine with other unions of crafts.
b. Significance Leader of the AFL who helped workers get better par and less hours but did it regardless of their party.
The Homestead strike
a. Identification The Homestead strike started because of pay cuts. The president pf the company hired armed guards and things got ugly. Then the state milita got involved. The strike lasted to November but they had lost support and surrendered to the company.
b. Significance The significance was that because of this failed strike the steel workers union took a long time to strike again. Around 45 years.
the Pullman strike
a. Identification The Pullman Strike was a strike over the wage cuts at the Pullman Palace car company near Chicago. The owner Pullman cut wages but didn't cut rent of houses. This made workers angry because they could barely afford the rent as is.
b. Significance The Pullman Strike showed that the government didn't really care about the little guy becasue they sided with the corporations.
Eugene V. Debs
a. Identification Eugene V. Debs tried to form a union for railroad workers called the American Railway Union. Got arrested for helping the Pullman strike.
b. Significance He tried to help and was punished. This shows that it takes more than one union to make a change.
The Industrial Workers of the World a. Identification The Industrial Workers of the World was a labor union for industrial workers and accepted African-Americans. It accepted the ideas of socialism. Aproved the use of violence and sabatage.
b. Significance The IWW used violent tatics which brought the hammer of the government down upon them in a little amount of time. It showed that violence isn't the answer.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Terms of chapter 14-3
Andrew Carnegie was a poor scotish person who became a railroad tycoon. He basically cornered the market for steel by owning all the supplies and some of his competition. He took advantage of the poor people by paying them little.
Social Darwinism was the theory that rich people would succed and poor people would fail. This theory explained why the rich thought they could take advantage of the poor.
John D. Rockefeller was the owner of the Standard Oil Company merged with other companies instead of buying them out and giving them some profits. He also payed his workers little.
Sherman Antitrust Act was a law that made it illegal to form a trust between companies and states to keep things fair. It was poorly enforced.
Samuel Gompers was a cigar maker who led the Cigar Makers' International Union to combine with other unions of crafts.
American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a labor union that concentrated on making agreements between workers and managment of the companies. They used stikes as a tactic.
Eugene V. Debs tried to form a union for railroad workers called the American Railway Union.
Industrial Workers of the World was a labor union for industrial workers and accepted African-Americans.
Mary Harris Jones was a woman who tried to help women get equal pay and for child labor to cease. Her protests helped create the child labor laws.
Social Darwinism was the theory that rich people would succed and poor people would fail. This theory explained why the rich thought they could take advantage of the poor.
John D. Rockefeller was the owner of the Standard Oil Company merged with other companies instead of buying them out and giving them some profits. He also payed his workers little.
Sherman Antitrust Act was a law that made it illegal to form a trust between companies and states to keep things fair. It was poorly enforced.
Samuel Gompers was a cigar maker who led the Cigar Makers' International Union to combine with other unions of crafts.
American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a labor union that concentrated on making agreements between workers and managment of the companies. They used stikes as a tactic.
Eugene V. Debs tried to form a union for railroad workers called the American Railway Union.
Industrial Workers of the World was a labor union for industrial workers and accepted African-Americans.
Mary Harris Jones was a woman who tried to help women get equal pay and for child labor to cease. Her protests helped create the child labor laws.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Railroad Development
The federal government gave land and made loans to the railroad companies. Why was the government so eager to promote the growth of railroads?
The government wanted to promote the growth og railroads for a couple of reasons. First, the more railroads the easier it is to move out west and settle the land. Second, if more people settle out west that is more people the government can tax. Finnally, the more people out west the more crops grown and the more cattle the more money is brought into the economy buy buying and seeling those things and the more food for the people.
The government wanted to promote the growth og railroads for a couple of reasons. First, the more railroads the easier it is to move out west and settle the land. Second, if more people settle out west that is more people the government can tax. Finnally, the more people out west the more crops grown and the more cattle the more money is brought into the economy buy buying and seeling those things and the more food for the people.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Expansion of Industry
What were the three major factors that contributed to the immense technological boom that took place in the United States after the Civil War? Explain how two of these factors helped to bring about this technological boom.
The three major factors were a lot of natural resources like oil, coal and iron, government support for business, and a urban population that was growing so it supplied cheap labor and since there was more people there was a bigger market. The natural resources made it easier to travel with coal powered steam engines, the iron was used to make steal to build more realiable things, and the oil was used to make kerosine for lamps. The growing population supplied cheap labor whihc made thing easier because the more people the more products you can make. They worked with the inventions of the late 1800's like the typewriter to do business more quiclky and efficently.
The three major factors were a lot of natural resources like oil, coal and iron, government support for business, and a urban population that was growing so it supplied cheap labor and since there was more people there was a bigger market. The natural resources made it easier to travel with coal powered steam engines, the iron was used to make steal to build more realiable things, and the oil was used to make kerosine for lamps. The growing population supplied cheap labor whihc made thing easier because the more people the more products you can make. They worked with the inventions of the late 1800's like the typewriter to do business more quiclky and efficently.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Westward Expansion Questions
What are some of the main reasons that the federal government's policy of assimilation failed?
There were two reasons the federal government's policy of assimilation failed. The first is that the Native American's didn't want to be assimilated. So some resisted with force. The second is that Native American's weren't given the choice to assimilate it was forced on them.
How successful were government efforts to promote settlement of the Great Plains? Give examples to support your answer.
It was very succesful. The government payed to build railroad which greatly decreased the time for travel which made it easier to move out west. The government also passed the Homestead act which gave 160 arces of free land to every head of the family. This helped premote settlement of the Great Plains.
There were two reasons the federal government's policy of assimilation failed. The first is that the Native American's didn't want to be assimilated. So some resisted with force. The second is that Native American's weren't given the choice to assimilate it was forced on them.
How successful were government efforts to promote settlement of the Great Plains? Give examples to support your answer.
It was very succesful. The government payed to build railroad which greatly decreased the time for travel which made it easier to move out west. The government also passed the Homestead act which gave 160 arces of free land to every head of the family. This helped premote settlement of the Great Plains.
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