Hist 105 Mcglone TAMU Exam 2
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Lowell system - ✔✔all stages of textile production done under one roof and all employees lived in
company housing
looked forward to a progressive america -
✔✔alexander hamilton
,what did Lowell observe when he went to England and surveyed textile factories? - ✔✔-long working
hours
-terrible conditions
-people are being enslaved and abused
What ages and gender were the employed at Lowell textile factories - ✔✔women between ages 10-25
Why did Lowell system collapse - ✔✔immigration- immigrants were willing to accept less money than
women
Lowell offered women education opportunities. True/false - ✔✔true
Impact on textile industry - ✔✔-between 1820 and 1840, americans engaged in manufacturing rose by
800%
-city population doubled
- between 1790 and 1860, urban population rose from % to 16%
Pre-18040s, how many immirgants were there per year - ✔✔60k
when was the greatest influx of of immigrants in US history? - ✔✔1845-1854
how much of the population was immigrants in 1854> - ✔✔2.4m or 14.5% of total population
What was the US population in 1860 - ✔✔31m
in were foreign born by 1860 - ✔✔1 in 8
Germans are laborers and Irish are laborers - ✔✔skilled;unskilled
what percent of boston and NY was irish - ✔✔50%
, what was the population of ireland in 1845 and why did it decline - ✔✔it was 8m in 1845 and declined
bc of famine
Ratio of how many germans were roman catholic - ✔✔1/3
Most irish were not roman catholic. true/false - ✔✔false
influx of german and irish spurred creation of..... - ✔✔the order of the star spangled banner seeking rto
curb immigration
What did members of the know nothing party pledge to do? - ✔✔never vote for any foreign born
Catholic candidate or betray fellow members
catholics had a church - ✔✔top down
What did the know nothings fear? - ✔✔they feared Rome rule because so many Catholics were coming
over and US subjugation
what did the order of the star spangled banner/know nothings become and when? - ✔✔spring 1854
they became the American Party with over 1m members
Alien and Sedition Acts - ✔✔Limited freedom of the press and speech
-could deport foreigners easier
-argued it improved national security
-immigrants couldnt vote
-sedition acts said nothing bad could be said about government in newspaper
What pamphlets did Thomas Paine publish? - ✔✔Common Sense
The American Crisis
Which pamphlet of Thomas Paine's did Washington read to his dispirited troops? - ✔✔The American
Crisis
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