How many immigrants arrived in the US between the years of 1900-1915?
15 million
100
Name two things that were improved during the Industrial Revolution:
Transportation and communication
100
What is a "muckraker?"
"A nickname given to young reporters of popular magazines. These magazines spent a lot of money on researching and digging up "muck," hence the name muckrakers."
100
Fix the spelling: A lot of the workers in the factories were imigrints.
immigrants
200
Who wrote "The Jungle?"
Upton Sinclair
200
True or False: Most immigrants were from English speaking countries.
False.
200
Name three forms of communication that were invented during the Industrial Revolution:
Telephone
Telegraph
Radio
200
Who called the investigative journalists, muckrakers?
President Theodore Roosevelt
200
What was the name of the era that "The Jungle" takes place in?
Progressive Era
300
Was the book fictional or nonfictional?
It was fictional.
It was based on the real life conditions of the meat packing industry, but followed the lives of fictional characters.
300
What type of place did did most immigrants find jobs?
Factories.
300
Wooden ships became ______ ships during this time.
Steel
300
Define the "Progressive Era."
The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political reform in the United States that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s
300
What town did the book take place in?
Packingtown
400
What city was Upton Sinclair sent to in order to investigate the working conditions of a meat packing factory?
Chicago
400
Fill in the blank: Most of the immigrants worked jobs that other ________ wouldn’t perform.
Americans.
400
Name two types of transportation that were invented/improved during this time.
Trains
Automobiles
Ships
400
Define the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.
Required strict cleanliness requirements for meat packers and created a program of federal meat inspection
400
What country did the main characters come from?
Lithuania
500
Name the main character of "The Jungle."
Jurgis Rudkus
500
Name 3 of the 4 countries/places where most of the immigrants came from.
Southern and Eastern Europe
Italy
Poland
Russia
500
From 1830-1870, railroad tracks went from __ miles to over 15,000 miles
49
500
Define the "Pure Food and Drug Act."
Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs