History of the United States

Elisha Otis

Steam powered the first reliable streetcars.

The National Woman Suffrage Association.

One factor was the fact that President Garfield was shot by a crazed office seeker who thought he was owed a government job due to his support for Garfield in the election.

The people in steerage were at the bottom of the ship and below water level. There were no windows, no rooms, and very little of anything else. The ships in the 1900's divided decks according to classes of people. The decks were separated with locked gates and the upper deck people who paid the most for passage never met or saw the people on the other decks. The immigrants below were locked in so they couldn't have access to the upper decks. They were considered the poorest dirtiest people on the ship so we're sold the worse accommodations.

Tariffs allowed American industries to grow.

The supreme court ruled in cases affecting the rights of Chinese immigrants in a fair manner. In its ruling, the supreme court that the number of Chinese immigrants coming into the country should be limited. However, any Chinese immigrants who were in the country would have security of tenure in their jobs.

Elevators and cheap steel. Henry Bessemer invented the first process for mass producing steel at lower costs, and in 11852, Elisha Otis introduced the first safety elevator that allowed for more convenient ways to get to the upper floors.

Women did not have the legal right to vote

breaking down barriers to women attending college