Industrialization

Immigration

100

What does it mean to immigrate?

To come to live permanently in a foreign country

200

Where did "Old Immigrants" come from?

Northern and Eastern Europe

300

Where did "New" Immigrants come from?

Southern and Eastern Europe

400

Which group (Old/New Immigrants) would have had an easier time assimilating into US culture?

Old Immigrants - spoke English and share similar culture

500

Which belief is shown through the following legislation?

• Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

• Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907)

• Emergency Quota Act (1921)

Nativism

Ellis/Angel Island

100

What were Ellis/Angel Island?

Immigration centers

200

Where is Ellis Island?

New York

300

Where is Angel Island?

California

400

Which immigration center were Asian immigrants most likely to pass through?

Angel Island

500

Describe the different treatment of immigrants at Angel and Ellis Island

Answers may vary (in general, immigrants at Ellis Island were treated better than those at Angel Island)

Robber Barons/Captains of Industry

100

What is a robber baron?

An industrialist who became wealthy through monopolistic and often unethical business practices that exploited workers and destroyed competitors

200

What is a Captain of Industry?

Industrialist who used their wealth to positively contribute to the country  

300

Which robber baron/captain of industry founded Standard Oil?

John D. Rockefeller

400

Which robber baron/captain of industry is associated with the steel industry?

Andrew Carnegie

500

What is the name of J.P Morgan's bank today?

J.P Morgan Chase

Muckrakers/Progressive Laws

100

What is a muckraker?

A journalist who investigates and exposes corrupt business practices and the government

200

Ida Tarbell exposed...

Standard Oil

300

Upton Sinclair exposed...

The meatpacking industry

400

Jacob Riis exposed...

Tenement living conditions 

500

What is the name of Upton Sinclair's book?

The Jungle

Vocab

100

The control of a market or industry by a single company or individual

Monopoly or trust

200

Another name for the Industrial Era

Progressive Era or Gilded Age

300

Organized group of worked formed to protect and further their rights and interests

Labor Unions

400

Cramped, tiny apartments where multiple families would live in

Tenements

500

a theory based off of Charles Darwin's "survival of the fittest". It was used to justify economic competition and weeding out smaller, less successful businesses

Social darwinism