Factories
Factory workers received low wages because....
So many workers were available.
Some immigrants came to the United States because they wanted....
Religious freedom.
In the growing cities, many people enjoyed _______________ __________ in their leisure time.
Spectator sports.
Urban areas with poor living conditions are called....
Slums
Symbol of freedom to immigrants arriving on ships.
Statue of Liberty.
What helped keep the cost of finished products low?
Mass Production
These came from countries such as Italy, Poland, Greece.
New immigrants.
Leisure time.
Many ___________ ______________ set up organizations to help the poor.
Religious groups.
What is the name of the case where the Supreme Court ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Why did so many people move to the cities around 1900?
For factory Jobs.
Many Jewish immigrants left Russia and Poland to escape....
Religious Prejudice
Offered a large variety of goods in one place.
Department stores.
Cheaply made apartment buildings were called....
Tenements.
Name of the laws that forced African Americans to be separated from whites in public places?
Jim Crow Laws
Examples include low pay and dangerous machines...
Working conditions
Chinese immigrants and African Americans faced ______________ or unfair treatment because of their race.
Discrimination.
Examples include visiting museums and watching sporting events.
Leisure activities
How did streetcars change where people could live?
People could live farther from their jobs and housing was built along streetcar routes.
Why was "separate but equal" unfair?
Things were never equal.
Where populations grew between 1850 and 1900?
Urban areas. (Cities)
Some people believed immigrants and people who were poor were.....
Lacking skills or were lazy.
Name two spectator sports created in the late 1800's.
Basketball and baseball.
Immigrants from England, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, were called?
Old Immigrants
What is Mrs. Nichols other name she will answer to?
Ms. Espey