US history review 1

Question 1

how many immigrants entered the US

Answer 1

23 million

Question 2

steerage

Answer 2

bottom of the boat

Question 3

inspections

Answer 3

immigrant had to go through

Question 4

tenements

Answer 4

run down low rent apartment buildings

Question 5

angel island

Answer 5

Asians entered through the US

Question 6

ellis island

Answer 6

Europeans entered to the US

Question 7

plessy v ferugson

Answer 7

supreme court case that esablished “separate but equal”

Question 8

ghettos

Answer 8

ethnic enclaves

Question 9

nativists

Answer 9

native born > immigrants

Question 10

Jim crow laws

Answer 10

laws that enforced segregation in public places throughout the south

Question 11

2 reasons immigrants came to US

Answer 11

opportunity/ freedom

Question 12

old immigrants

Answer 12

1st wave- northern europe

Question 13

new immigrants

Answer 13

2nd wave- southern europe

Question 14

what jobs did immigrants have

Answer 14

factories/ industrialzation

Question 15

what were the working conditions like

Answer 15

dangerous, child labor, low pay and long hours

Question 16

alexander g. bell

Answer 16

telephone

Question 17

John d. rockafeller

Answer 17

standard oil

Question 18

Cornelius vanderbuilt

Answer 18

ships

Question 19

george pullman

Answer 19

sleeper cars- railroads

Question 20

j.p. morgan

Answer 20

banker

Question 21

Richard sears

Answer 21

mail order catalog

Question 22

entrepreneurs

Answer 22

risk-takers that start a new venture or business

Question 23

capitalism

Answer 23

most business are privately owned “free enterprise”

Question 24

laissez-faire

Answer 24

“leave alone”

Question 25

corperations

Answer 25

a form of group ownership- stockholders make more money

Question 26

mass marketing

Answer 26

clever brand names

Question 27

monopoly

Answer 27

business that has complete control over an industry

Question 28

Elisha otis

Answer 28

safety elevator

Question 28

Bessemer process

Answer 28

process that made the production of steel faster/ cheaper

Question 28

effects of lots of cheap steel

Answer 28

bigger bridges/ taller buildings

Question 28

Carnegie steel

Answer 28

steel

Question 29

social darwinism

Answer 29

"survival of the fittest"

Question 30

how did railroads change america

Answer 30

connected the country- provided jobs- promoted trade/westward expansion- towns grew near tracks

Question 31

telegraph

Answer 31

transmitting messages through a line

Question 32

mass transit

Answer 32

public transportation/ carry large number of people

Question 33

Chinese exclusion act

Answer 33

limited Asian immigration

Question 34

Sherman antitrust act

Answer 34

made monopolies illegal

Question 35

labor unions

Answer 35

organized group of workers who make decisions about their work

Question 36

robber barons

Answer 36

successful industrialists whose business were ruthless

Question 37

captains of industry

Answer 37

someone who owns or manages a large successful business

Question 38

philanthropists

Answer 38

someone who donates a lot of money to a charity