Gilded Age and Progressive Era Quizizz
Authored by Lauren Obaugh
Social Studies
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Match the definition and vocabulary word
Pull Factor
reasons a person leaves a place
Persecution
terrible treatment of people due to things like religion or place of origin
Push Factor
reasons to come to a specific place
Immigrant
People who move to live permanently in a different country
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Match the definition and vocabulary word
Ellis Island
the process by which many people come to live in cities
Tenement
run-down apartments that many immigrants live in when arriving to the US
Angel Island
in New York
the place many European immigrants arrived to America
Urbanization
in California
the place many Asian immigrants arrived to America
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Match the definition and vocabulary word
Monopoly
a product or business with only ONE seller who can control the price and availability
Chinese Exclusion Act
groups who would do anything to make sure their candidate won
Political Machine
law passed by Congress that prohibited (prevented/stopped) Chinese workers from entering the country
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Match the definition and vocabulary word
Progressive Movement
a group of workers who join together to get improved working conditions, higher wages, and and shorter hours
Labor Union
an organized refusal to work in order to bring about changes on the job
Strike
movement from 1890 to 1920 created to improve conditions for workers
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False: The FIRST large wave of immigration began in the 1840s with people coming from North and Western Europe along with China. Many of these immigrants would work on the Transcontinental Railroad
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False: The Progressive Era or Progressive Movement was meant to bring about changes or reforms in the workplace- for example to try and ensure worker safety and help create child labor laws
True
False
7.
REORDER QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Place the following events in order
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Great Railroad Strike
The Transcontinental Railroad is completed
Homestead Strike
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