Immigration
The Progressive Era
Words You Should Know
Way-Back Wednesday
Regents Readiness
100
What is the name of the island where many immigrants came through via boat?
Ellis Island
100
What was the main goal of the Progressive Era?
Create reforms for workers, immigrants, and children
100
Economy
How a government makes, spends, and budgets money
100
What are the three branches of U.S. government?
Legislative, Judicial, Executive
100
What month is the Regents Exam?
June
200
Majority of immigrants who settled in large cities lived in ________________ buildings
tenement
200
Jacob Riis' exposed the living conditions of immigrants by publishing...
How The Other Half Lives
200
Alien
Immigrant
200
Which Constitutional Amendments are known together as "The Reconstruction Amendments"?
13th, 14th, & 15th
200
How many essays are on the U.S. History Regents?
3
300
This tool known as a "Button Hook" was often used for ...
Eye examinations ; checking for Trachoma
300
Upton Sinclair was responsible for publishing which piece of exposure journalism?
The Jungle
300
Reform
A change for the better
300
What system was created following the end of slavery in order to maintain African Americans in a state of free work?
Sharecropping
300
How many multiple choice questions are on the Regents exam?
28
400
Which of the following groups was NOT included in our immigration project presentations: Chinese, Italian, Irish, Polish, Jewish, Mexican?
Polish
400
Which Progressive Era law required all products to have an ingredients label?
The Pure Food & Drug Act
400
Muckraker
A journalist who who exposes corrupt conditions during the Progressive era
400
Which Supreme Court case established the legalization of "separate but equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
400
How many hours are you given to complete the Regents Exam?
3 hours
500
The ________________ Act restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that country living in the United States
The Emergency Quota Act
500
What day did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire occur?
March 25, 1911
500
Industrialization
The rise of factories in cities
500
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" pamphlet?
Convince colonists to declare war against Britain
500
How many paragraphs should a U.S. History Regents Essay be?
2-3