Major Inventions
Cartoon Analysis
Immigration at the turn of the 19th Century (LAST TWO HAS MORE THAN ONE ANSWER)
Big Business vs. Labor
Three Major Strikes
100
Who invented the Telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
100
What symbols do you see in this cartoon? 
The fat/ rich guys
The workers/ poor guys
The amount of salary per week
Hard times on the right bottom corner
100
Their immigration was restricted by an exclusion act. They mainly settled in California and New York City. Some worked as laborers, others opened laundries, and others worked on railroads. Most often, these immigrants came through Angel Island. After their immigration was restricted, they were still able to immigrate by claiming to be the son of another immigrant.
Chinese immigrants
100
Complete ownership or control over a particular trade or service.
monopoly
100
This event involved the Knights of Labor. This strike also involved anarchists and a bomb being thrown. These strikers were arguing for an 8-hour workday. This strike involved policemen being shot. This strike involved policemen being shot.
The May Day Strike/Haymarket Riot
200
Who invented the Model T?
Henry Ford
200
What groups of people are represented in this cartoon? Are they realistic looking, or exaggerated?
They are industrial bosses. They are exaggerated because they made them very large with bags of money.
200
They mainly settled in the Southwest portion of the United States. Some of this group came to work in gold and silver mines. Members of this immigrant group were often hired to harvest crops.
Mexican Immigrants
200
Businesses that sell portions of ownership called stock shares.
corporation
200
This strike occurred in Pennsylvania. This strike involved Carnegie Steel. This strike involved Henry Clay Frick. This strike involved the Pinkertons.
The Homestead Strike
300
Who invented the Light bulb?
Thomas Edison
300
Are there any stereotypes?
The fat people and the workers
300
Most of these immigrants were farmers in rural areas. They mainly settled in the midwest. Many of these immigrants were attracted by the promise of free land through the Homestead Act.
Scandinavian Immigrants
300
A number of companies legally grouped together under one board of directors.
trust
300
This strike involved Eugene Debs and the American Railway Union. This strike turned into a general strike of all railroad workers.
The Pullman Strike
400
Who invented the Motion Picture Camera?
Thomas Edison
400
Do you think the cartoonist is being sarcastic? Why?
Yes because they are making the rich people fat.
400
1. They often left their home country because they were fleeing the destructive violence of the pogroms. This immigrant group often spoke Yiddish.
2. Some immigrants in this group would work as construction workers in the summer and then go back to their home country for the winter. Known as “birds of passage.”
1. Jewish (Russian)
2. Italian
400
The business practice of owning all of the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process.
vertical integration
400
1. This strike occurred in or near Chicago. (2 Answers)
2. This strike occurred in part because wages were cut (2 Answers)
1. The May Day Strike/Haymarket Riot & The Pullman Strike
2. The Homestead Strike & The Pullman Strike
500
Who invented Direct Current?
Who invented Alternating Current?
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
500
What is the historical context (what is happening in history) of the cartoon?
The industrial bosses are making a lot of money and their workers are the backbone of there businesses.
500
1. Some worked as peddlers in NYC and sold goods off of push carts. They mainly settled in the Northeast area of the United States. 2. They often lived in tenement housing in New York City. 3. These immigrants most often came through Ellis Island.
1. Jewish (Russian) & Italian immigrants
2. Jewish (Russian) & Italian & Chinese immigrants
3. Jewish (Russian) & Scandinavian & Italian immigrants
500
This strike was not successful. (3 answers)
The May Day Strike/Haymarket Riot & The Homestead Strike AND The Pullman Strike