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100

This term refers to the growth of cities.

Urbanization

100

This term refers to the rise of factories and machines doing the work of people.

Industrialization

100

Answer the question and gain 100 points for every fill in the blank.

This occurred in _______, destroying the crop most of the country relied on and caused _____ deaths as well as ______ Irish to emigrate.

The Potato Famine

Ireland, 1 million, 2 million

100

"________" immigrants were mostly Catholic, Jewish or Greek Orthodox and arrived from places like Italy, Russia, Poland and Asia.

Old or New

New

100

Take away 100 from any team if correct.

This place in NYC was one of the worse urban slums in the world from the mid 1800's and early 1900's.

The Five Points

200

Take away 200 points from any team.

In the 1800's many people moved to urban areas from ______ areas.

Rural

200

Name 4 important inventions that were created in the 1800's.

Tin can, light bulb, battery, washer, dryer, revolver, dynamite...

200

_______ factors cause people to LEAVE their countries. Give 3 of these factors as well.

Push factors: war, unemployment, famine, unstable government, persecution...

200

Today, child labor is still a problem because laws do not include workers involved in _________.

Farming or agriculture

200
12 million immigrants passed through here from 1892-1954.

Ellis Island

300
He was a journalist that wanted to expose the poverty and problems that plagued cities like New York.

Jacob Riss

300

Daily Double

Before this, steel was very difficult and expensive to make. This blasted molten iron with oxygen to create steel which was used to build skyscrapers and railroads.

The Bessemer Process

300

This was an immigration station for mostly Asian immigrants. It was infamous for they way immigrants were kept there for long periods of time and treated harshly.

Angel Island

300

Daily Double

How tall is the Freedom Tower in NYC and what does it symbolize?

1776 feet for the Declaration of Independence 

300

These are the rundown, cheaply made unsanitary apartments that were located throughout NYC and the home to many immigrants.

tenements

400

Because of this, many people across the world began to migrate to cities for industrial jobs.

Industrial Revolution

400

When people went from making things by hand to making things by machine is known as the ____________ __________.

Industrial Revolution

400

This group was anti-immigration and anti-catholic, even though they themselves or their ancestors were immigrants.

Nativists

400

This photographer used his camera as a weapon to expose the problems of child labor and the mistreatment of child workers.

Louis Hine

400

Name 4 NYC landmarks or structures we discussed in class.

Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Freedom Tower, Flatiron Building...

500

Name 3 ethnic groups or nationalities that helped build our skyscrapers in NYC.

Mostly Native American (Mohawks), Irish, German, Italian

500

He gambled with an investment on the process of making iron into steel. He ended up controlling 90% of the steel made in the US. 

Andrew Carnegie

500

This occurred in NYC during the Civil War. It resulted in sections of the city destroyed with at least 100 deaths and 2000 injured.

NYC Draft Riots

500

These two gangs of NYC were rivals. One was an Irish gang and the other Nativists.

Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys

500

He was the governor of New York and later became president. He passed laws regulating tenements and and fixing the Lower East Side.

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt