Industry and immigration US history

Why did the population of the US triple between 1860-1910?

• a baby boom

• immigration

• better health care and new medicines

• the absence of any major wars

Which group of immigrants was discriminated against on the west coast because they got blamed for the poor pay and economic problems?

• Chinese Immigrants

• Irish Immigrants

• Italian Immigrants

• Russian Immigrants

What is it called when one company owns the majority of one type of business in an area?

• assimilation

• strike

• tenement

• monopoly

Which if the following are negative impacts of the industrial revolution?

• child labor

• created jobs

• high wages

• unsafe working conditions

Which captain of industry controlled the steel industry?

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbuilt

What do you call an apartment where immigrants lived?

• shantytown

• urbanization

• tenement

• ethnic neighborhood

What is it called when an immigrant is absorbing into the main culture of their new country?

• muckraker

• assimilate

• urbanization

• captain of industry

What is is called when workers organize and fight for what they want in the workplace?

• monopoly

• strike

• urbanization

• nativism

Protecting the interests of native-born citizens over immigrants is called...

• monopoly

• strike

• urbanization

• nativism

Which of the following are PUSH factors for immigrants to leave their home country?

• extreme poverty

• freedom (ex. religious freedom)

• job opportunities

• corrupt governments and discrimination