vocabulary 1
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General 1
General 2
General 3
100
workers refuse to work
strike
100
A very tall building
skyscraper
100
What was a benefit of rapid transit?
moved people around cities quickly.
100
Factory work was ?
dangerous
100
What invention made it possible for factories to stay open at night?
Electric light bulb
200
A poor crowded part of a city
slums
200
A system of trains used to move people around the city.
Rapid transit
200
Employers liked to hire immigrants because?
Worked many hours for little pay.
200
Before labor unions people worked how many hours?
10-12
200
What was the goal of a progressive.
To change or reform
300
When more than one business tries to sell the same goods.
competition
300
A business in which people own shares.
corporation
300
how many new immigrants moved to the US between 1880-1924?
25 million
300
Why did Americans want immigration to end?
Afraid they would take jobs.
300
What act stopped factories from using harmful chemicals in food?
pure food and drug act
400
An organization of workers that tries to improve pay and working conditions.
labor union
400
A group of people who share a culture.
ethnic group
400
What did immigrants bring to the US that were their own?
language and customs
400
Why was Chicago a good area?
canals linked Chicago to the Mississippi River.
400
The NAACP was founded to?
work for equality for African Americans.
500
An unfair treatment or punishment
persecution
500
A community center for people in cities.
settlement house
500
In 1910 what fraction of people lived in cities?
1/2
500
what does a muckraker do?
points out unpleasant ugly truths.
500
What did the 19 th amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote.
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