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What is meant by “Large corporations” in this lesson?Industry and labor: Large firms coordinated production and capital across expanding markets.
What is meant by “Industrial technology” in this lesson?Industry and labor: Technological systems increased production and changed skills and working conditions.
What is meant by “Labor unions” in this lesson?Industry and labor: Workers organized collectively to bargain or press for improved conditions.
What is meant by “Strikes” in this lesson?Industry and labor: A strike withholds labor to exert pressure in a workplace dispute.
What is meant by “Industrial hazards” in this lesson?Industry and labor: Workplaces often imposed serious injury risks and limited protections.
What is meant by “Income inequality” in this lesson?Industry and labor: Industrial growth distributed wealth and power unevenly.
What is meant by “Push and pull factors” in this lesson?Immigration: Migration can reflect pressures at origins and opportunities at destinations.
What is meant by “Immigrant networks” in this lesson?Immigration: Connections supported information, settlement, employment, and community life.
What is meant by “Nativism” in this lesson?Immigration: Nativism opposed or restricted immigrants through exclusionary ideas and policies.
What is meant by “Chinese Exclusion Act” in this lesson?Immigration: The 1882 act became a major federal restriction targeting Chinese immigration.
What is meant by “Migration diversity” in this lesson?Immigration: Immigrants differed in origins, status, resources, and experiences.
What is meant by “Admission records” in this lesson?Immigration: Official records reveal administrative decisions but not every aspect of personal experience.
What is meant by “Urbanization” in this lesson?Urban life: Urbanization increases the share of people living in urban settlements.
What is meant by “Tenements” in this lesson?Urban life: Dense rental housing could combine affordable access with crowding and unsafe conditions.
What is meant by “Municipal infrastructure” in this lesson?Urban life: Water, sanitation, transport, and other systems supported growing urban populations.
What is meant by “Political machines” in this lesson?Urban life: Organizations traded patronage and services for support, sometimes involving corruption.
What is meant by “Settlement houses” in this lesson?Urban life: Reform institutions provided neighborhood services and advocated improvements.
What is meant by “Urban segregation” in this lesson?Urban life: Housing and employment inequalities shaped different urban experiences.