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Worksheets1870-early 1900's Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
The time period from the 1870s to the early 1900s that saw an increase in invention, industry, jobs and immigration was known as
The Civil War
The Industrial Revolution
The Gilded Age
Wealthy and powerful businessmen who made their money using ruthless tactics were known as
Inventors
Robber Barons
OG's
Overcrowded buildings where most immigrants and workers lived were called
the ghetto
projects
tenements
If you did not want immigrants moving to your area, or working in your jobs you could be called a
Robber Baron
Nativist
Communist
The place in New York City's harbor where European immigrants came to be processed and enter America was
Ellis Island
Angel Island
The Statue of Liberty
This Robber Baron was the owner of The Standard Oil company
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockafeller
The average factory worker would work
8-10 hours a day
4-6 hours a day
10-14 hours a day
The Robber Baron who was the head of the Steel Industry was
JP Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockafeller
This was a big problem during the Gilded age, that caused many injuries and deaths to occur in children
The Spanish Flu
Child Labor
Small Pox
"Laissez Faire" meant that
The Robber Barons were creating monopolies
The immigrants were taking all the jobs
The government did not care what Robber Barons were doing in their businesses.
To help improve their working conditions and treatment by business owners, many factory workers formed
Immigrant groups
The Freedman's Bureau
Labor Unions
This group filled many of the Jobs and caused cities to start to become crowded.
Immigrants
Child Labor
Robber Barons
This Immigrant group had come to America before the late 1800s, from Northern European countries, and were not poor. They were seen more positively by the American government and citizens
New Immigrants
Old Immigrants
This Immigrant group had come to America in the late 1800s and early 1900s, from Southern and Eastern European countries, and were poor. They were not looked at positively by the American government and citizens.
New Immigrants
Old Immigrants
Immigrants from Asia and China began to come to America in the Mid-late 1800's in order to
find land
help build the Rail Roads
take over in factories
