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Chicago as a hub
central location, waterways, and airport
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Growth of Industry
Helped by Technological advances
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Ellis Island
Immigrants from Europe arrived here, not always accepted by Americans
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Angel Island
Immigrants from Asia arrived here, Chinese began to be excluded
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Muckrakers
Writers, artists, and photographers who exposed problems and inspired reforms
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John D. Rockefeller
Built an trust out of Standard Oil and allied countries
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Social Darwinism
Government should stay out of business, and let the strong rise to the top
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Wanted to pormote fairness in industry
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Lewis Hine
Took Photographs exposing child labor
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The Jungle
Exposed meat packing lack of sanitation. Got the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 passed
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Chinese Exlusion Act
Refusal to let more Chinese into the US and discriminated against Chinese workers
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Unions
Used to win workers' rights
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Haymarket Bombing
Public opposition against labor
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Political Machines
People got jobs and food in exchange for votes
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Difference between AFL and Knights of Labor
Knights of Labor used strikes as a last resort
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Graft
Giving jobs in exchange for votes
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
Applicants for government jobs must pass tests
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Square Deal
Teddy Roosevelt support of labor
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Sears-Roebuck
Catalog created a market for consumer goods
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Jane Addams
Established settlement houses in Chicago
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Ashcan School
Art that depicted realities of cities
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Progressive Era Amendments
Suffrage for women, direct election of Senators, Prohibition
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Teddy Roosevelt
A romantic who fought for the Protection of wilderness areas
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