Exploitation
What do YOU think
Opportunity
Major events
Vocab
100
List one of the living conditions for immigrants.
Buildings were squeezed together, no clean water, no fresh air, and no proper lighting
Jacob Riis took photos of these slums and published them in a newspaper to show the world the immigrants' poor living conditions
100
Is this exploitation or opportunity?
Working conditions in factories.
Exploitation.
100
Name one immigrant group that immigrated to the United States during this time period.
Italians, Russians, Southerners and Eastern Europeans, Jews, and Chinese.
100
What city was the most populated in 1860-1900?
New York City.
100
What are tenements?
Poorly maintained apartments where immigrants lived.
200
List one of the diseases that killed many immigrants living in the tenements.
Typhoid fever, smallpox, cholera, and tuberculosis.
200
The immigrant factory workers were paid $0.75- $1.50 daily.
Is this opportunity or exploitation?
Exploitation.
200
What was the movement that started to provide aid and education to the working class that moved to the U.S?
Settlement Movement.
200
Where did the first immigrants mostly come from?
England, Ireland, and Germany.
200
What is a settlement house?
Institutions that were put up in poor immigrant areas to provide social services, education, etc.
300
Factory workers worked for...
10 hours or more a day.
300
Immigrants formed close groups that worked together to form a new way of life, whether it was starting businesses or working together
Was this exploitation or opportunity?
Opportunity.
300
How many laws did the Factory Investigating Commission pass to protect factory workers?
30 laws.
300
Which revolution caused a decrease in American farmers?
Industrial Revolution.
300
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
In 1882, the United States banned Chinese immigration.
400
How many children worked in factories by 1900?
1.7 million.
400
Immigrants were able to escape wars, religious suppression, and more
Was this newfound freedom exploitation or opportunity?
Opportunity.
400
What state allowed its public schools to teach classes in German to accommodate immigrants?
Pennsylvania.
400
How many immigrants entered Ellis Island?
Over 17 million.
400
What does Enclave mean?
A distinct social unit in an enclosed area, usually one group of people lives there.
Ex: China Town
500
What German immigrant was responsible for founding Levi's jeans?
Levi Strauss.
500
Immigrants had laws put against them to stop them from immigrating, but also to get good-paying jobs and fair treatment. Yet they were still given jobs and homes.
Is this an opportunity or exploitation?
Exploitation.
500
What religious group was seen as a threat by the Protestants?
Catholics.
500
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
(Hint: How big was the fire?)
A major fire at a factory that killed 146 workers in 20 minutes (some of the workers were only 14 years old)
500
What are the Mutual Aid societies?
Member-led volunteer communities that help each other out with resources.