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WorksheetsImmigrants, Labor, Cities
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was a reporter who went undercover to get detailed information about working conditions?
a)
Stefan Jakub
b)
Eva McDonald Valesh
c)
Charles Pilsbury
d)
Knud Wefald
2.
By 1920, Minnesota's urban areas were becoming smaller.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The city of Duluth boomed because of railroads, shipping and iron ore.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which of the following is NOT a reason that new immigrants formed communities with others from the same countries?
a)
Learning the ways of a new country can be difficult
b)
They were forced to live together so that the U.S. knew where they originally came from
c)
Many immigrants liked being near others like themselves
d)
They could speak their own language and practice their own customs
5.
In the early 1900s, European immigrants to Minnesota often became part of the working class
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Many women worked inside the home, but others had jobs outside the home.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Bohemian Flats was a wealthy neighborhood in Minneapolis.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of the labor movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
14 hour work days and 7 day work week
b)
limit or end child labor
c)
safe and clean workplaces required by law
d)
employers required to pay wages and medical costs for workers injured on the job
9.
Which of the following was an iron miner who went on strike to improve conditions in the mine?
a)
Stephan Jakub
b)
Frank Higgins
c)
Anton Antilla
d)
Henry Oliver
10.
Where did Stefan Jakub's work?
a)
Pilsbury flour mill
b)
North Star Woolen Mill
c)
St. Anthony lumber mill
d)
Soudan Mine
11.
Which of the following is NOT a reason iron miners went on strike?
a)
Miners wanted to be able to work 7 days a week
b)
Miners' work was very dangerous
c)
Miners were paid by the amount of ore they mined
d)
Miners worked up to 14 hours a day
12.
What happened to Anton Antilla after the miners strike?
a)
He was given a promotion to supervisor
b)
He became a representative to make laws for safer mines
c)
He was fired because he was considered a union troublemaker
d)
He returned to Finland for better oppurtunities
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