American Workers
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- What is a polication cartoon and how can one be helpful?
- A politcal cartoon gives the cartoontist opinion about an something that is currently happening. It can make events that are hard to understand easier to understand. The cartoon can sometimes convince people to think a certain way.
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16Q.
Samuel Gompers was a famous ---. -
16A.
union leader
- Explain the dark side of the Industrial Revolution
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1. factories were often unsafe (dangerous machines and poor conditions)
2. long hours and little pay
3. children worked
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3Q.
--- is using new tools, metods, and knowledge to solve problems. -
3A
Technology -
11Q.
In 1871 the city of Chicago was destroyed by ---.
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11A.
a fire -
8Q.
In 1889 Jane Addams established the naiton's first --- -
8A.
settlement house -
19Q. The "March of the Mill Children" led the state of Pennsylvania to ---.
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19A.
Pass a law forbidding child labor -
12Q
AFter teh Civil War, many peole moved to American citites to find ---. -
12A.
jobs
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2Q
A small factor where people work long hours for low pay in unhealthy conditions is known as a ---. -
2A
sweatshop -
17Q.
Immigrant neighborhoods in the U.S. helped many immigrants to ---. -
17A.
feel more at home -
1Q
When union workers refuse to work, it is called a ---. -
1A
strike -
5Q.
The Industrial Revolution was started by improvements in ---. -
5A.
technology -
6Q.
Who brought the United States into the electric age? -
6A.
Thomas Edison -
18Q.
A free enterprise system encourages people to ---. - 18A. invest in new ideas
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14Q.
Most immigrants came to America because they were --- -
14A.
searching for a better life -
13Q.
After 1880, some American workers wanted to keep immigrants out of the country because immigrant -
13A.
took away jobs -
10Q.
What happened during America's Industrial Revolution? -
10A
by joing labor unions
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9Q.
How did workers improve condiditons during the IndustrialRevoluation? -
9A.
by joining labor unions
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4Q.
Andrew Carnegie's greatest contribution to the Industrial Revolution was in the --- industry. -
4A
steel-making -
23Q.
Uncle Sam represents --- -
23A
the United States -
20Q.
In 1924 Congress passed a law limiting ---. - 20A.
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7Q.
When immigrants arrived in the U.S. they had to pass through ---. -
7A.
an inspection station -
Essay 1
Three the ways in which settlement house workers improved life in the American Cities. -
Essay
1. encouraged citites to clean up neighborhoods
2. parks were built for the children
3. workers were taught skill -
22Q.
In politcal cartoons, a person or an object that stands for somethng else is called a --- -
22A.
symbol -
21Q
A politcakl cartoon reflects --- -
21A.
the cartoonist's opinion -
15Q.
Who helped Alexander Graham Bell start the American Bell Telephone Company? -
15A.
investors