What did John D. Rockefeller do to make Standard Oil grow?
What is sold shares, built factories, bought other oil companies to reduce competition.
100
When was the beginning of the Knights of the Labor Union?
What is 1869.
100
Why did labor unions organize strikes?
What is to force business owners to make changes.
100
Opened Hull House in Chicage as a community center for immigrants.
Who is Jane Addams
200
Some immgrants came to the United States to escape ________.
What is persecution
200
Why did immigrants settle in ethnic neighborhoods?
What is immigrants could speak their native languages, practice their relgions, and keep their customs.
200
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
What is 1882.
200
What changes did the Great Migration bring to the lives of African Americans?
What is African Americans moved from rural South to cities in the Norht. They lived in more crowded conditions and work in factories and businesses instead of land.
200
was the president of the AGL, a group of unions that brought workers together to improve their working conditions.
Who is Samuel Gompers.
300
People own shares, or parts, of a ___________.
What is corporation
300
Why did the location of Chicago cause it to grow quickly?
What is Lake Michigan, nearby rivers, and a canal made transportation easy.
300
When was the NAACP founded?
What is 1909
300
Started a school ot educate and give job training to African Americans.
Who is Booker T. Washington
400
Reformes like Upton Sinclair were ___________ who wanted to imporve society.
What is progressives.
400
What new kinds of technology helped cities grow?
What is the growth of the steel industry and inventions.
400
What year was the 19th Ammendment started?
What is 1920.
400
Was a leader of the women's suffrage movement.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt
500
Streetcars and subways are prt of a _________ system.
What is rapid transit.
500
What did women do to gain support for the 19th Ammendment?
What is gave speeches, marched and wrote letters to lawmakers.
500
What events took place in the 1800s?
What is Knight of the Labor Union and Chinese Exclusion Act.