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What was the only US city larger than Philadelphia in 1860?
NEW YORK CITY
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Why did so many Germans come to the US?
FAILED REVOLUTION
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What did Henry Boyd own in Cincinnati, Ohio?
FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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What did the nativists say that immigrants took from “real Americans?
JOBS
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When did Massachusetts workers win the right to strike?
1842
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Name two Northern free states that passed laws denying free African Americans the right to vote.
RHODE ISLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA
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Who invented the telegraph?
SAMUEL F.B. MORSE
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Why did the Irish tend to settle in Northeastern cities?
TOO POOR TO BUY LAND
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Why did the Massachusetts legislature not consider Bagley’s petitions?
THEY WERE WOMEN
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What was the religion of most of the Irish and half of the German immigrants?
CATHOLIC
300
Where did most US Catholics live before 1840?
What is Where did most US Catholics live before 1840?
300
How long was the average industrial day in 1840?
11.4 HOURS
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What were the three European countries that most immigrants (1841-1860) came from?
GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, GERMANY
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Why were the belt-driven machines so dangerous?
NO PROTECTIVE SHIELDS
300
What was the western railroad stop on the Missouri River in 1860?
ST. JOSEPH, MO
400
What is a “trade union”?
ORGANIZATION OF WORKERS WITH THE SAME TRADE OR SKILL
400
Who published On the Origin of Species in 1859?
DARWIN
400
Why didn’t factory owners make their machines safer?
LOWERED PROFITS; NO REGULATIONS REQUIRING THEM
400
What were two laws that the American Party [Know-Nothings] wanted to pass?
INCREASE WAITING PERIOD FOR CITIZENSHIP FROM 5 TO 21 YEARS; NO FOREIGN-BORN OFFICE HOLDERS
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What are the two reasons skilled-workers went on strike in New York City in the mid-1830s?
MORE MONEY; SHORTER DAY
500
Where was Cornish and Russwurm’s Freedom’s Journal published?
NEW YORK CITY
500
Why did so many Irish immigrate to the US from 1846 and 1860?
POTATO FAMINE
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How did the Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization hope to win a ten-hour workday?
PETITITION
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Why did Catholics and Protestants battle in the streets of Philadelphia in 1844?
PRAYER IN SCHOOLS
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Where did the German immigrants tend to settle?
MIDWEST AND WESTERN TERRITORIES
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