Immigrants
Factory Work
Monopolies
City Life
Past History Topics
100

The island in New York City immigrants would go to for processing

Ellis Island

100

Children as young as _______ worked in factories.

Six years old

100
One company completely controlling a good or service is called?

A monopoly

100

Groups that controlled politics in cities were called ________ _________.

Political machines

100
Before railroads, people travelled to the West using

Wagons/Wagon trains

200

Immigrants who came to California were from what country?

China

200

One danger of working in a factory was getting __________ by large falling machinery.

Crushed/smashed

200

If you can buy a car from ten different companies, is that a monopoly?

No

200

Cities were crowded and did not have clean _____.

Water

200

Immigrants who worked on the railroad were from which countries? (only need one)

China/Ireland

300

Immigrants who came to the U.S. often did not speak this language

English

300

Factory style work started in this country in Europe.

England

300

Who was the person that create a monopoly on oil and owned Standard Oil Company?

John D. Rockefeller

300

People who lived in tenament apartments all had to share ______ bathroom on one floor.

One

300

This animal went extinct due to overhunting during the building of the railroads.

Buffalo/bison
400

Between 1865 and 1900, about this many immigrants came to the U.S.

14 million
400

When many early factories were built, what safety features were they required to have?

None

400

Standard Oil Company controlled which product?

Oil

400
Most political machines were ran by the ____________ party.

Democratic

400

What state did most of the wagon trains leave from?

Missouri

500

Most immigrants stayed in parts of cities with people from their home country known as

Ethnic neighborhoods

500

People who worked in factories were often required to work long days, _________ hours long.

14

500

Standard Oil Company controlled what percent of the oil industry?

90%

500

This community in New York City had immigrants from Italy.

Little Italy

500

What state did the two sides of the railroad meet in when completed?

Utah