Problems/Solutions
Name a reason why immigrants came to America--
-hope for better opportunities
-desire for adventure
-escape from oppressive governments
Advances in transportation allowed which natural resource to be moved to stockyards in Illinois?
A Cotton
B Steel
C Cattle
D Iron ore
What is Iron Ore?
An immigrant was working in a factory with cotton and wool in the 1900s. Where was the factory most likely located?
A. New York
B Midwest
C Pennsylvania
D New England
What is New England?
What invention did Alexander Graham Bell contributed to the change and growth in America?
What is the telephone?
These houses were built by the settlers out west--
What are sod houses?
Name an invention that enabled people to live out west and still farm the hard soil-
What is a steel plow?
What is a tenement?
A Poor area of a city
B Run-down apartment building
C Community center
D Apartment in Menlo Park
What is a Run-down apartment building?
Advances in transportation allowed—
A the meatpacking industry to move to Detroit
B natural resources to be transported to factories in the west
C finished products to be transported to national markets
What is finished products to be transported to national markets?
Which center of population is associated with each specialized industry
____ Chicago?
What is meat-packing?
Who invented electric lighting, which made it easier to work longer hours?
Who is Thomas Edison?
The land out west was often called a treeless______
What is wasteland?
What kind of storms frequented the settlers out west?
What are dust storms?
Which organization did Jane Addams found?
What is the Hull House?
Several factors led to overcrowded tenements and ghettos EXCEPT—
A an increase in immigration
B political machines
C discrimination against immigrants
What are political machines?
Which center of population is associated with each specialized industry?
____ Pittsburgh
What is the Steel industry?
Which immigrant group faced discrimination, despite its contribution to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?
A Italian B Irish C Chinese D American Indian
Who are the Chinese?
What group was discriminated against during immigration?
Chinese
What was the poorer part of town called where tenements were located?
What is the ghetto?
Why was political corruption a challenge faced by cities?
A Candidates would unfairly reward supporters with government jobs and contracts.
B Local politicians were only concerned with personal business growth.
C It caused the progress of industrialization and urbanization to slow down
A. Candidates would unfairly reward supporters with government jobs and contracts.
Why did many Americans move from rural to urban areas?
A Electric heat
B Job opportunities
C Better transportation
D Immigration law
What are Job opportunities?
Which center of population is associated with each specialized industry?
____ Detroit
what is the Automobile industry?
Political machines gained power by focusing on the needs of—
A American Indians
B women
C children
D immigrants
Who are immigrants?
Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law?
14th amendment
Name the two noncontiguous states.
Hawaii and Alaska
CAUSE: Immigration in America
Effect?_______________
A Political machines shut down.
B Rural areas became overcrowded.
C Businesses closed due to rapid industrialization. D Cities grew and developed.
What is Cities grew and developed?
Political machines gained power by focusing on the needs of—
A American Indians
B women
C children
D immigrants
Who are immigrants?
In order to transport more resources, factories were—
A open 24 hours a day in the Northeast
B located near rivers and railroads
C run by political machines
D located near settlement houses
What is located near rivers and railroads?
_____________________permitted large-scale, long distance transport of goods
What are railroads?
Name a state in the Southwestern Region of the US--
What is Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona? (OK TNA)
What is meat-packing industry? Who are food inspectors?