Industrial Age/Progressive Era (Ch. 19-20)

The "Industrial Age" was the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States

• False

• True

Immigrants who originated from Asian countries such as China first went through which immigration station?

• Ellis Island near New York City

• Ellis Island near Washington D.C.

• Angel Island near San Francisco

• Angel Island near Florida

What was the novel "The Jungle" mostly about?

• the diseases present in small tenement apartments

• The fight for women to gain suffrage

• The growth of forests in the western US

• the unsanitary and unsafe conditions of a meatpacking plant in Chicago

why did many immigrants and poor people live in tenements?

• many immigrants and poor people were discriminated against and could not rent elsewhere

• many people couldn't afford better housing

• limited housing options in cities

• all of the above

The exclusive right to make or sell an invention or product is called...

• a patent

• a monopoly

• a trust

• horizontal integration

What is a type of business in which many people own shares/parts of that business?

• Trust

• Patent

• Corporation

• Collective Bargaining

Where did immigrants tend to settle in America?

• Near family & friends

• Big urban areas

• Neighborhoods of their ethnic group

• all of the above

Immigrants who came before 1880 and were from Northern & Western Europe were called...

• New Immigrants

• Old Immigrants

• Modern Immigrants

What is a monopoly?

• A company with NO competition

• A company that only sells one product

• A company that likes to "buy out" other companies

• A company that sells stock shares

What is an organization that tries to improve working conditions and protect workers' rights?

• Collective Bargaining

• Settlement House

• Pullman Strike

• Labor Union