Immigration and Industry

Question 1

Someone who leaves one country to settle in another country

Answer 1

Immigrant

Question 2

The change from doing work by hand to having work done by machines

Answer 2

Industrialization

Question 3

The movement of people from farms to cities

Answer 3

Urbanization

Question 4

Areas of farmland

Answer 4

Rural

Question 5

areas of cities

Answer 5

urban

Question 6

Usually poorer areas of cities that immigrant groups settled in

Answer 6

Ghetto

Question 7

Run-down apartment buildings in cities that most immigrants lived in

Answer 7

Tenements

Question 8

A person/group that controls the politics of a city, especially in the late 1800s

Answer 8

Political Machine

Question 9

Immigrants came to the United States hoping for _____ than what they had back home

Answer 9

Better Opportunities

Question 10

Some immigrants came over to avoid ____

Answer 10

Religious Persecution

Question 11

Some immigrants wanted to escape religious persecution which meant they wanted the _____

Answer 11

freedom to believe in whatever they wanted

Question 12

Some immigrants came over to escape_____ that treated them harshly

Answer 12

oppressive governments

Question 13

Cities developed around centers of _____

Answer 13

Industry

Question 14

_____made city populations grow quickly

Answer 14

Immigration

Question 15

_____brought many people to cities from farms

Answer 15

Urbanization

Question 16

Conditions in tenements were very _____.

Answer 16

poor

Question 17

They had very few amenities like ____ and _____, they were cramped with many people living in on _____, and they were _____ since most had no _____

Answer 17

• heat
• running water
• one apartment
• dirty
• indoor toilets

Question 18

Who wrote the book “How the Other Half Lives”

Answer 18

Jacob Riis

Question 19

oJacob Riis documented tenement life in his book “How the Other Half Lives,” which caused many people to _____

Answer 19

learn about the life of immigrants for the first time

Question 20

Settlements houses were established to provide things like ____ for immigrant families and children

Answer 20

recreation and education

Question 21

Jane Adams created the settlement house called ____

Answer 21

Hull House

Question 22

Political machines offered to provide immigrants_____, but used them to help themselves get _____

Answer 22

• money or jobs
• political support, power, and money

Question 23

Name of one of the most known political machines

Answer 23

Boss Tweed and his friends

Question 24

Name the 5 groups that were heavily discriminated against

Answer 24

• Jewish
• Polish
• Italian
• Irish
• Chinese

Question 25

Chinese immigrants were banned from the United States with the ____.

Answer 25

Chinese Exclusionary Act in 1882

Question 26

When were Chinese allowed back in the country

Answer 26

1943

Question 27

Thomas Edison helped create household _____ with the mechanical uses of _____

Answer 27

- lighting - electricity

Question 28

Alexander Graham Bell invented the _____ (and Thomas Edison was the first one to say “Hello” as a greeting!)

Answer 28

telephone

Question 29

Who were business owners who often paid low wages, ignored worker safety, bribed judges and law makers, and bought elections.

Answer 29

Robber Barons

Question 30

Robber Barons were _____ who often paid low wages, ignored _____, bribed ______, and bought ____

Answer 30

- business owners - worker safety - judges and law makers - elections

Question 31

Robber Barons were widely critized at the time for ____

Answer 31

fights against unions and regulation

Question 32

Name 4 Robber Barons

Answer 32

- John D Rockefeller - Andrew Carnegie - Cornelius Vanderbuilt - JP Morgan

Question 33

John D. Rockefeller was known for

Answer 33

Oil

Question 34

Andrew Carnegie was known for

Answer 34

Steel

Question 35

Cornelius Vanderbilt was known for

Answer 35

Railroads

Question 36

JP Morgan was known for

Answer 36

Banking

Question 37

Railroads and transportation ____, which allowed for the growth of national markets

Answer 37

increased

Question 38

Railroads and transportation contributed to the spread of_____ from across the nation

Answer 38

access to raw materials/resources

Question 39

____become popular to spread consumer interest

Answer 39

Advertisements

Question 40

_____ popularized producing things faster and cheaper

Answer 40

lower-cost production

Question 41

A_____ due to the existence of_____ made certain businesses grow massively

Answer 41

- lack of competition - monopolies and trusts

Question 42

_____lowered the need for farmers and_____ of food and livestock

Answer 42

- Mechanization - increased production

Question 43

More development in cities required more ____

Answer 43

labor

Question 44

Industrialization provided more access to_____

Answer 44

consumer goods

Question 45

More_____ available due to immigration

Answer 45

workers

Question 46

Access to_____ from other parts of the nation

Answer 46

materials and energy

Question 47

Businesses were backed by huge_____

Answer 47

financial leaders

Question 48

Rise of _____that gave workers more rights/freedoms

Answer 48

labor unions