Unit One Study Guide: Taylor
Topics Covered: Modern Immigration (enforcement, issues of debate, detainee status) Modern
Progressives, Historical Progressives, Industrialization and texts “Industry Comes of Age”, “Robber
Barons and Rebels”, “The Jungle”, “The Most Dangerous Jobs”, and “The Best Fields of Philanthropy”
You should be able to explain/identify/define the following
Federal vs. State
Immigration
laws
I.C.E
Tactics used to
break or prohibit
unionization
Detainee
Rebels
Andrew
Carnegie
John Rockefeller Robber Baron
Horatio Alger
Knights of
Labor
Trusts
Detention
Center
Interstate
Commerce Act
I.W.W (aka the
Wobblies)
Labor Unions
Historical
Progressives
(who they were)
The National
Labor Union
Scabs and Strike
Breakers
Department of
Homeland
Security
Efforts of
Modern
Progressives
Vertical
Integration
The 14th
Amendment
AFL
Legal Permanent Horizontal Integration
Resident (LPR)
Sherman Anttrust Act
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
The South During the Age
of Industry
Efforts of Historical
Progressives
Gospel of
Inventors and inventions of
Wealth
the Industrial era
Edward Bellamy Haymarket Square incident
(1886)
Monopoly
Interlocking Network of
Directors
Asylum
Reasons why LPRs and
others come to the attention
of I.C.E
Fast Food
Pathway to Citizenship
1. Birth
Nation/Most
2. Naturalization Process
Dangerous Jobs
3. Derivative/Acquisition at
Birth
Eugene Debs
Mother Jones
Pres. T.
Roosevelt
Acres of
Diamonds
Stock Watering and related
corrupt practices
You should be able to relate the following to the Progressive Era by
1. Recalling at least 2 specific examples/applications
2. Identifying major figures involved
3. Knowing the importance of it
a.
b.
c.
d.
Railroads
Standard Oil
Carnegie Steel
Labor unrest
Modern Immigration:
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Know the issues surrounding the debate
on modern immigration
e. Pullman Strike (1894)
f. Technological advances
g. Immigration’s impact on socioeconomic condition
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Understand the complex nature of State
and Federal Immigration laws
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Recall the status types of non-citizens in
the US
Explain the process of detainment
Industrialization
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Know impact of industry on society
Understand the role of immigration
during the industrial growth era
Recall major figures of the Robber
Barons, Labor Unions and Rebels
Historical Progressives
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Text:
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Modern Progressives:
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Know the areas of concern and focus
Understand the connection between the
historical era and modern time
Know who they were, what they
believed and how they operated
Know the areas of concern and focus
Understand the connection between the
historical era and modern time
Be prepared to identify excerpts of text
we studied
Be prepared to identify themes and main
ideas in text we studied
Sample Questions:
1. Which of the following quotes best fits Zinn’s take on the railroads?
a. “There is no difficulty in getting men to looking after their property”
b. “…in every state is a blessing, but Government even in its best state is but a
necessary evil”
c. “To control the people through the people’s own money”
d. “Tyranny is Tyranny”
2. Which of the following provides the best example of the connection between immigration
and wages during the Progressive Era?
a. More immigrant workers meant higher wages
b. More immigrant workers meant employers could retain their employees better
c. More immigrant workers meant lower wages
d. More immigrants workers mean employer could not retain their employees
3. What is the main role of I.C.E supposed to be in regards to modern immigration?
a. Deport all illegal/undocumented workers
b. Work with local communities to ensure compliance with federal immigration laws
c. Stop illegal immigrations at the US border
d. Identify and apprehend removable aliens with a priority on convicted criminals,
threats to national security and fugitives