Famous People
This person wrote the book titled How the Other Half Lives?
This 1876 battle was a major Native American victory against U.S. forces.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Many immigrants came to the U.S. through this processing center in New York Harbor.
What is Ellis Island?
This tragic event inspired reformers and labor unions to fight for workers’ rights.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
Nativism is the belief that...
What is that native-born Americans are superior to immigrants?
This businessman formed Standard Oil and became one of the richest men in history.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Yellow journalism is known for using this to attract readers.
What is exaggeration or sensational headlines?
This act, passed in 1882, banned Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
The Triangle Fire led to new laws about this.
What is workplace safety or fire codes?
Xenophobia is the fear or hatred of...
What is foreigners or people from other countries?
This steel magnate used vertical integration to dominate his industry.
Labor unions formed to help workers fight for these things. (Name two.)
What are better pay, shorter hours, and safer conditions?
Angel Island was the immigration station on which coast?
What is the West Coast?
The Industrial Revolution was a shift from farming to this type of economy.
What is manufacturing or factory-based?
WJacob Riis was known for writing about this group of people.
Who are the urban poor or immigrants?
He built his wealth in railroads and shipping and has a university named after him.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Assimilation means trying to do what?
What is adopt the culture or customs of a new country?
This act of 1891 gave the government more power to inspect and reject immigrants.
What is the Immigration Act of 1891?
This power source helped run machines during the Industrial Revolution.
What is steam?
Compared to Ellis Island, Angel Island was known for being...
What is more strict and discriminatory?
This American journalist coined the phrase "yellow journalism" to describe sensationalist reporting.
William Randolph Hearst
This 1890 event marked the end of major Native American resistance.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Why were immigration laws passed in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
What is to control the number and type of immigrants entering the U.S.?
Name one invention from the Industrial Revolution that changed how people lived or worked.
What is the telephone, lightbulb, or sewing machine?
The United States acquired these territories from Spain after the Spanish-American War.
What is Puerto Rico, Guam and the Phillipines