Unions Progressives Immigration

The leader of the steel industry; he gave money to charity but refused to negotiate with workers, leading to the Homestead Strike (1892).

• Andrew Carnegie

• J. P. Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

From 1870 - 1920, immigrants to the USA tended to come from these countries like Poland and Italy in --

• Asia

• Northern and Western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Africa

Which immigrant group was completely banned in an 1882 law (not repealed until 1943)?

• Japanese

• Irish

• Italian

• Chinese

Twelve million immigrants to the U.S. were processed here

• Battery Park

• Central Park

• Ryker's Island

• Ellis Island

The American "melting pot" refers to the process of

• reservations

• industrialization

• urbanization

• assimilation

Eugene V. Debs and Samuel Gompers were leaders in

• the NAACP

• labor unions

• steel industry

• muckraking

Unions wanted _______, or to negotiate their contracts with management

• workmen's compensation

• strikes

• collective bargaining

• disability protections

Railroad workers went on strike in 1894, protesting wage cuts. The federal government had to put down the strike.

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• Haymarket Riot

• Memphis Riot

The Haymarket Square Riot in 1886 led to --

• an increase in union membership.

• the demise of the Knights of Labor.

• better wages.

• the 8-hour work day for all.

Journalists, photographers, and novelists who wanted to expose corruption and bad working/ living conditions were known as --

• Muckrakers

• Union leaders

• Political Machines

• Suffragettes