US Industrialization & Immigration

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What is immigration?

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The process of moving to another country

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What is a push factor?

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Something that forces someone to move to a new country.

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What is a pull factor?

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Something that attracts someone to move to a new place

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Most immigrants entering into the United States from 1880-1920 were coming from...

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Europe

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Which of the following is the main reason people moved to cities? Options: for the job opportunities, to escape arrest, that is where the transcontinental railroad stopped, for peace of mind

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for the job opportunities

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What industry did Pittsburgh become the center of?

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Steel

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What does a philanthropist do?

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Donates money to charities

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A monopoly does this to its competitors to control an industry

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Wipes out its competitors

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He was known as a major entrepreneur in the oil industry.

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John Rockefeller

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National labor unions were formed in the late 1800's mainly because of: poor working conditions and low wages.

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poor working conditions and low wages