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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.