Industrialization Review

What made industrialization possible?

• Growing cities

• New technology

• Cheap immigrant labor

• All of these

Which characteristics are true of "Old Immigrants?" (check all that apply)

• Spoke English

• Came from southern and eastern Europe

• Came from northern and western Europe

• Did not speak English

"New Immigrants-"

• Found it easy to blend into American culture

• Came from different religious and cultural backgrounds than most Americans

• Came from similar religious and cultural backgrounds as most Americans

• Came to the United States illegally

Most immigrants lived in poor, run down, overcrowded housing called-

• Urbanization

• Robber Barons

• Muckrakers

• Tenements

Why did most immigrants come to American cities?

• Job opportunities

• They had free passage across the Atlantic

• To avoid segregation

• To find investment opportunities

What was the name of the inspection point that millions of immigrants passed through before enter the United States?

• New York

• Steerage

• Ellis Island

• Edward Island

Which of the following are true of working conditions for immigrants? (choose all that apply)

• Safe

• Low paying

• High paying

• Dangerous

• Long hours

Robber Barons got a reputation for-

• Becoming wealthy though ruthless business practices

• Robbing banks

• Inheriting all of their wealth

• Improving the government

What is a monopoly?

• A game that businessmen play

• When consumers control a whole market for a certain good

• A shortage of goods

• When one business controls the market for a certain good

John D. Rockefeller was a robber baron of the ____________ industry.

• Railroad

• Oil

• Steel

• Steamboat