Who Were The People?
What They Came For?
Why Did They Come?
Work
Life At Home
100
What ethnic group was mostly Catholic?
The Irish!
100
True or False: People came for religious freedom
True
100
What was the famine in Ireland of?
Potatoes
100
What was the age group that was most exploited?
Children
100
How often did the population double?
Once every decade
200
What was the richest group of immigrants?
Germans
200
People came for A) Potatoes B) Work
B) Work
200
Why did many of the Germans come?
One of these: Farming, or Failed Revolutions
200
What political party did most of the immigrants belong to?
Democrat!
200
Where did most of the immigrants reside?
Tenement Housing
300
Which gender were most of the immigrants?
Male
300
True or False: People came because there were no cats in America
False
300
Who died and spurred the Russians to come to America?
Alexander II
300
How long were the "factory girls" work hours?
13 hours
300
Did families grow or shrink?
Shrink
400
What were some of the Germans who came?
Political refugees
400
Name another reason people came to America
Any of these: Richer life, low taxes, no necessary military service
400
Why did many Europeans come?
Europe was overcrowded!
400
What immigrant group stayed in the agricultural business?
The English
400
What was the women's home movement of that time called?
Domestic Feminism
500
Under what age were most of the immigrants?
Under 30
500
What coin did people refer to America as?
A penny (SHINY PENNY))
500
Why did the Italians come?
Any of these: Overcrowding, high taxes, low wages
500
How many strikes occurred before 1835?
24
500
What was the main character of the Jungle's full name?
MOWGLI! jk Jurgis Rudkus
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