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What is nativism? |
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants
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2 ways in which workers tried to make their lives better? |
Ask classmates |
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What were the black codes? |
laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
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Name one of the industrialists? (name at least 2 and what they did?) |
John D. Rockefeller, who built Standard Oil Company of Ohio into one of the largest and most powerful trusts in the United States.
Andrew Carnegie, who cornered a massive share of the steel industry for his firm |
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Name one amendment of the reconstruction period? |
The Thirteenth Amendment (proposed and ratified in 1865) abolished slavery.
The Fourteenth Amendment (proposed in 1866 and ratified in 1868) addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws for all persons. The Fifteenth Amendment, (proposed in 1869 and ratified in 1870) prohibits discrimination in voting rights of citizens on the basis of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" |
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what is veritcal integration? |
the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
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Name 2 improvemnts that early 20th century workers have acheived in their work lives? |
higher wages , fringe benefits and less work hours a week |
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Name 2 places where people were imagrating frim in the late 1800's to the U.S.? |
Germany, Ireland, and England
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Define Industrial Revolution? |
The rapid development of industry that occurred in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery. It was characterized by the use of steam power, the growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured goods.
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What is share cropping? |
is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.
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