United States History II Midterm Review

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When one company controls an entire market

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monopoly

Front

Which invention made it possible to work longer hours? Options: the telephone, the Bessemer process, the light bulb, the steam engine

Back

the light bulb

Front

Immigration station in New York that processed European immigrants

Back

Ellis Island

Front

Immigration station in California that processed mainly Asian immigrants

Back

Angel Island

Front

The law that limited immigration from China

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

Front

The belief that some groups of people are superior to others

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Social Darwinism

Front

Favoritism toward native born immigrants

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nativism

Front

Railroads hired workers from ____ due to a shortage of workers.

Back

China

Front

Children were often hired to work in factories because

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they were small and their hands could fit in small places, they could be paid less, they were less likely to rebel.

Front

One of the many problems in cities: tenements, mail delivery, parks, hotels

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tenements