Gilded Age Study Guide 9th 2/2

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Working here is both healthy and dangerous

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Factory Work

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Organization of employees that use collective bargaining to advance members' interest in wages and working conditions

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Labor Unions

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Eastern and Southern Europeans, Asians (mostly Chinese)

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Immigration groups

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Lower level of a steamship; cheap, dirty and crowded

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Steerage

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Most immigration will come through the East Coast here

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Ellis Island (NY)

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Where most Asian immigrants entered the U.S.

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Angel Island

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Reasons for living in cities:

1. Plenty of Jobs
2. Close to ports (where immigrants entered the U.S.)
3. Ethnic Familiarity (similar cultures would live in the same neighborhood)

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Why live in cities?

Front

Favoring native born Americans over immigrants

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Nativism

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Dirty, dark, crowded, multi-family apartments

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Tenements

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What are the results of rapid urbanization (cities)?

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Crime, Disease, Improvement of technology and public works (hospitals, parks etc.)