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| "union of white only, men, skilled workers " |
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| American Treatment of Immigrants |
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| "used immigrants as labor supply, immigrants rejected at ellis island that could not pass health exams, had limits to how many immigrants could come from each country" |
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| "Andrew carnegie, owner, dominated steel industry, rewarded good workers, fired bad workers, slashed prices" |
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| It was like Ellis Island except it was on the west coast |
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| "line of workers in a factory, sometimes dangerous conditions" |
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| "George Eastman, the kodak was the first easy to use camera 1888" |
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| produced 25% of nations bessemer steel |
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| introduced legislation limiting immigration of aliens in america |
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| called the island of tears because families left their homes and were often sent back to their countries for health reasons. The inspections were uncomfortable for the immigrants. The trip across the atlantic was difficult |
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| "areas of a city dominated by a particular culture, like Little Italy or Chinatown" |
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| "unsafe, long hours, few breaks, low salary" |
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| "air brake for trains, transportation safety, " |
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| horseless carriage also known as the car |
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| muckracker who exposed standard oil |
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| "owned 90% of the oil in his company, monopoly" |
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| environment and national parks |
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| Journey Across the Atlantic |
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| "disease on ship, crowded, watery soup, few bathrooms" |
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| a government policy of hands off big business |
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| invented typewriter keyboard |
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| after immigrants wnet through a medical exam they had a legal inspection |
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| "tenements, crowded dirty small outside toilets, rats, bad, stale rotten food, 60% babies died in the first year of life" |
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| "all immigrants had to go through medical inspections except 1st and 2nd class, if you were sick they could pull you off the line and could send you back or they could put a chalk mark on you" |
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| when one company dominates an entire industry like standard oil |
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| investigative journalist who exposed bad things in big industry |
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| when local groups control the voting |
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| "disease, poverty'religious persecution, wealth" |
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| "key layout still used today, rst letters always got jammed, keys spell qwerty" |
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| ending political corruption and fought for fair taxes |
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| "John D. Rockefeller, owner dominated 90% of the oil industry-drove other oil copanies out of business. Standard oil lowered oil prices and when they owned all other iol companies they raised their prices and gained control over oil pipelines and the railroads" |
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| low level in a ship. In some ships second class passengers also called steerage |
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| How unions made their voices and demands heard-they usually protested |
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| fought for environment and breaking up trusts |
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| "alexander graham bell, made history, thomas watson assistant, invented the telephone, people could speak to one another electronically, different from telegraph because you could hear voices" |
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| book written by upton sinclair about evils of the meat packing industry |
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| "invented electricity, the light bulb" |
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| Thomas Edison and William Dickinson |
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| "kinetograph - moving picture machine - using george eastman's picture film in 1889, original movie projector, entertainment" |
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| "the largest industry fire disaster where 146 workers were killed, employers had blocked stairwells and exits to prevent thefts and this also prevented workers from escaping during fires, help to create reform in the industry" |
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| "a group of workers who came together for a cause, like higher wages and better working conditions" |
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| muckracker-investigared bad practices in the meat packing industry-result the beginning of food inspection laws |
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| a union that all workers could join |
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