In 1884, some labor unions began calling for the work day to be limited to how many hours?

What is largest city in Illinois and the third most populated city in the United States?

Who founded the American Federation of Labor and is known as one of the first labor leaders in America?

Which crops are mostly grown in the Midwest region? Choose 3 answers!

An area in the United States whose economy used to be based largely on heavy industry, manufacturing, and related industries is known as what?

Which is not a reason labor unions were formed?

The side of a mountain chain that receives less precipitation than the other side is called what?

This man-made waterway was built to connect the Great Lakes with the Hudson River in New York.

Which Great Lakes are in the Midwest region? Choose 4 answers!

What vocabulary word means the planting of different crops in different years?

Mary Harris was a labor activist who spoke out in support of workers, especially who?

The Haymarket Affair was a peaceful rally with no conflict between strikers and the police.

Which is NOT a nickname of Chicago, Illinois?

The growing season in the Midwest is very short because it does not get a lot of rain.

The farmland of the Central Plains is known as ___________ because it gets plenty of rain, making it the perfect location for growing corn.

When all employees of a company refuse to go to work, causing companies to lose money, it is called a what?

The word Chicago is thought to come from a Native American term shikaakwa, meaning "wild onion."

The city of Chicago, Illinois is on the bank of what lake?

What is a large farm building used for storing grain, hay, straw, housing livestock, or store farm equipment?

Which state is NOT found in the Midwest?

Name the 3 major rivers found in the Midwest. Choose 3 answers!

What was a type of transportation used by settlers to get to the Midwest?

The fur trade changed the lives of the Native Americans.

When the Industrial Revolution occurred, goods started to be produced by hand, so that they could be made in a shorter amount of time.

Who were the first Europeans to come to the Midwest region?

The Midwest region contains the largest area in the country of flat plains.

The Rust Belt area of the Midwest got that name because of the unused, rusting machinery that was left from the industrial days of production.

What was the trading of goods for animal skins called?

Explorers who came to the Midwest set up the first business, which were small stores where goods were traded. What were those stores called?

The rivers and lakes of the Midwest region helped the development of the region.

Being able to get the things that they needed at trading posts and ports, allowed more and more settlers to move and settle in the Midwest region.

Most of the Midwest Native Americans had no fixed home. They wandered from place to place. What word describes them?

During the Industrial Revolution, factories treated all of their employees fairly.

Name two causes of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Choose 2 answers.

Name two effects of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Choose 2 answers.

The Haymarket Affair was when workers in Chicago went on strike for an 8-hour workday.