What is the industrial revolution?
What did the Industrial revolution bring growth of...
A. manufacturing and crops
B. manufacturing and technology
C. technology and crops
B. manufacturing and technology
City streets during the IR had no ___________ to carry away water and garbage.
drains/ drainage systems
This invention helped farmers and businesses move items they made around the country faster and farther.
railroads
What is the definition of an immigrant?
Someone who lives in another country permanently that they are not originally from
What is the definition of an emigrant?
a person who leaves a country
What major industry started the industrial boom?
Textiles
What kind of housing did people live in?
apartments/tenements
Instead of using sails and wind power, what new invention did boars use to help them move?
A steam engine
What is a push factor? name at least one
~War
~religious belief
~lack of jobs
~famine
~etc.
What is a pull factor? name one!
~better jobs
~more freedoms
~family
~safety
~better farm land
~etc.
What type of work became increasingly popular in the north?
factory work
what is one problem people faced in their living conditions when they lived in cities during the IR?
What is disease, overcrowding, discrimination, dirty water
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Where is Ellis Island located?
Where is Angel Island located?
West Coast/San Francisco/ California
What did water mills use?
hydropower
Name one working condition factory workers had?
long hours, dangerous job, unfair labor laws, low pay, Child labor... etc.
What did John Deere invent?
steel plow
After immigrants got off of the ship what did they have to go through before entering America?
Interviews and examinations
What percent of immigrants is estimated to have been sent home?
30%
What country began the Industrial Revolution?
England
Why did factories use Child Labor?
~They got paid less
~They could fit into smaller places
Where was John Deere's factory located?
Illinois
What countries did most people who came through Ellis Island emigrate from? NAME TWO
England
Ireland
Poland
Sweden
Norway
Italy
Greece
What law was put in place to stop Asian immigrants from coming to America?
Chinese Exclusion Act