Immigrants
What monument was the poem "The New Colossus" about?
The Statue of Liberty
What process made steel cheaper and easier to manufacture?
The Bessemer Process
What tactics did Union workers use to gain better working conditions?
Strikes, walkouts, boycotts
What religion became the largest religious denomination in the US in the Late 1800s?
Catholicism
What were immigrants who were only related to Chinese families on paper called?
Paper sons
What is the negative name for Industry Tycoons?
Robber Barons
What the Pullman Company Strike successful for workers?
NO
What act did white Americans support due to feeling threatened by Chinese workers?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Nativism is used to refer to hostility towards what group of people?
Immigrants
WHat company controlled 90% of all oil produced in the US by 1880?
Standard Oil
What groups of people were factory workers in the Late 1800s? (3)
Children
Immigrants
Rural Americans
What animal was the main source of livelihood for Native Americans?
Buffalo
At which immigration station were more immigrants denied entry into the United States?
Angel Island
What is a monopoly?
When one company has complete control of an entire industry
Where were the first skyscrapers built?
Chicago
What type of people did the Chinese Exclusion Act make exceptions for? (3)
Children of immigrants
Travellers
Diplomats
What is the record percentage of immigrants entering the United States? (Set in 1890)
14.8 %
What were trolleys powered by?
Electricity
Who was responsible for building skyscrapers and the transcontinental railroad?
Immigrants
The World's Fair