20th Century America

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Industrialization is the growth of more factories, roads, buildings in an area.

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True

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What type of environment does the picture show?

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Urban

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Many immigrants wanted to move to America for new opportunities, but they faced many difficulties once they arrived. What was one problem they DID NOT have?

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They were not willing to work

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Why was there a need for labor unions in the 1900's?

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Immigrants, women, and children were working long hours in dangerous conditions for little pay and needed protection.

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What are these women fighting for?

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Women's right to vote (suffrage)

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Did women ever gain to legal right to vote?

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Yes, with the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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America follows what type of economic system? (HINT: America is a free country where we are able to buy and sell as we please!)

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Free-Enterprise

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This women owns a bakery, prices her own pastries, pays her employees a fair wage and earns a profit for herself. What type of economic system does this describe?

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Free-enterprise

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Mrs. Sobehrad loans out her pencils in class, but the demand is higher than her supply. What will most likely happen?

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Mrs. Sobehrad will increase the cost of borrowing a pencil.

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This document ends World War I leaving Germany in debt and angry.

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The Treaty of Versailles