The Immigrant Experience
A family leaves home because of famine and goes to the United States for the opportunity to acquire land.
Identify the push and the pull factor.
Push: Famine
Pull: Opportunity for land
What system lets people own businesses and run them for profit?
Capitalism
What is the name of a workplace with long hours, low pay, and poor conditions?
A sweatshop
What is a group of workers that organizes for better pay or condtions called?
A labor union
What word means a change made to fix a problem?
A reform
Where were many immigrants inspected when they arrived in New York Harbor?
What is it called when one company controls nearly an entire market?
A monopoly
Why did many families sned their children to work?
They needed the additional income (money) their child earned.
What is it called when workers stop working to pressure their employer?
A strike
What was President Theodore Roosevelt's effort to challenge powerful businesses called?
Trust-busting
Identify the name of the crowded apartment buildings where many immigrants lived AND identify two characteristics of these buildings.
Tenements.
Ex: Overcrowded, unsanitary, hazardous, cramped.
What is the policy of Laissez-Faire?
The belief that the government should not get involved in the way businesses operate.
What event drew attention to unsafe working conditions in New York in 1911?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
Who wrote The Jungle AND what did it expose?
Upton Sinclair; exposed the unsanitary conditions in meatpacking factories.
Which law required federal inspections of meatpacking plants?
The Meat Inspection Act.
How did ethnic neighborhoods help immigrants jeeo their culture?
Neighbrs could speak their home langauge or share traditions.
Why can a monopoly charge higher prices?
Customers have fewer options to buy from, allowing the business to raise prices without fear of losing customers.
Why was it hard for workers to escape the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
An exit door was locked.
How could a strike pressure a factory owner to listen to workers?
It could slow or stop production, costing the owner money.
Which law targeted unsafe or falsely labeled foods and medicines?
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Identify what Nativism is AND how the Chinese Exclusion Act reflected nativism.
Nativism: The belief that native-born Americans should be favored over immigrants.
Nativism restricted immigration by Chinese laborers, fearing they were taking the jobs of Americans.
Why might someone have called John D. Rockefeller a robber baron?
He used his power to push out competitors and control the oil market.
How could laissez-faire policies make factories less safe?
With few government safety rules, owners could leave hazards unaddressed.
Why did The Jungle make readers worry about the meat they bought?
It described unsanitary meatpacking conditions that could make their food unsafe
How did requiring children to attend school help reduce child labor?
Children had to be in school during hours they might otherwise have worked.