Organized labor movement
What's a labor union?
What is an organized group of workers that protects and advances workers’ rights.
What is Northern and Western Europe
Where is Ellis Island?
What is New York?
What did the political machine do?
What is controlling city politics to help its candidates win and to make government work to its advantage.
What was the gilded age
What is a period when economic growth masked underlying problems
Who are the Knights of labor?
what is fighting for better working conditions and an eight-hour workday.
Where did "New immigrants" come from
What is Southern and Eastern Europe
Where is Angel Island?
What is the West Coast?
What did the political machine try to achieve?
What is sought voter loyalty by offering services to poor residents and immigrants.
What is free Enterprise
What is an economic system in which individuals own most businesses
What is when owners prevented employees from entering work.
Where did immigrants settle?
What is often settling in cities and facing more prejudice.
Who did Ellis island process?
What is European Immigrants
What was election fraud?
What is having people vote multiple times under different names
What did entrepeuers do
What is took risks to start businesses and helped fuel economic growth.
What conditions did workers face?
What is unsafe workplaces, long hours, low wages, child labor, and no unemployment insurance?
What happened to many immigrants?
What is disease spreading?
Who did Angel Island process?
What is Asian immigrants on the West Coast
What did election fraud try to achieve
What is making election results unfair and weakened trust in government.
What did protective tariffs do
What is made imported goods more expensive, helping protect American industry.
What happened during the Pullman Strike?
What is the company laying off workers and cutting wages while keeping housing costs unchanged, led by Eugene V. Debs.
How long was the journey usually?
What is one to three weeks
Which one was harsher?
What is Angel Island
What did the spoils system do
What is awarded government jobs to loyal party members, even if they were unqualified
What were the Laissez-faire policies
What is meant businesses operated with little government interference.