Day 8 USH Do Now - Immigration + Politics of the Gilded Age

Which invention enabled factories to operate at night?

• The Bessemer Process

• The electric lightbulb

• The telegraph

• The Internet

"Urbanization" refers to the growth of

• farms.

• cities.

• westward migration.

• none of the above

Why did millions of immigrants move to cities during the late 1800s?

• Cities offered free public schools.

• Job opportunities in new factories.

• Cities were safe.

• Cities were clean.

"Tenements could best be defined as

• houses made out of grass and dirt.

• trap houses.

• cramped, dirty, and dangerous apartments.

• motels.

True or false: many women and children worked low-wage jobs in factories during the Gilded Age.

• True

• False