Immigrants, Labor, Cities

Which of the following was a reporter who went undercover to get detailed information about working conditions?

• Stefan Jakub
• Eva McDonald Valesh
• Charles Pilsbury
• Knud Wefald

By 1920, Minnesota's urban areas were becoming smaller.

• True
• False

The city of Duluth boomed because of railroads, shipping and iron ore.

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT a reason that new immigrants formed communities with others from the same countries?

• Learning the ways of a new country can be difficult
• They were forced to live together so that the U.S. knew where they originally came from
• Many immigrants liked being near others like themselves
• They could speak their own language and practice their own customs

In the early 1900s, European immigrants to Minnesota often became part of the working class

• True
• False

Many women worked inside the home, but others had jobs outside the home.

• True
• False

Bohemian Flats was a wealthy neighborhood in Minneapolis.

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of the labor movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• 14 hour work days and 7 day work week
• limit or end child labor
• safe and clean workplaces required by law
• employers required to pay wages and medical costs for workers injured on the job

Which of the following was an iron miner who went on strike to improve conditions in the mine?

• Stephan Jakub
• Frank Higgins
• Anton Antilla
• Henry Oliver

Where did Stefan Jakub's work?

• Pilsbury flour mill
• North Star Woolen Mill
• St. Anthony lumber mill
• Soudan Mine