Question 1

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12. How did the Haymarket Riot of 1886 affect public opinion about the labor movement?

Accepted Answer

The Haymarket Riot scared the public because they were afraid the labor movement meant terrorism and disorder.

Question 2

13. Describe the contributions of African American inventors in the late 1800s.

Accepted Answer

Lewis Lattimer improved the light bulb filament.  Granville Woods invented electromagnetic brake, an electric incubator,and automatic circuit breaker. Elijah McCoy invented a machine for oiling machinery.  Jan Matzeliger invented a shoe making machine.

Question 3

14.  How did horizontal integration differ from vertical integration?

Accepted Answer

Vertical integration was growing a company by buying up companies that make stuff for the main company.  Horizontal is buying up all the companies just like the main company and combining them into one huge corporation.

Question 4

15.  Why did workers think that forming organized labor unions would help them get what wanted from employers?

Accepted Answer

By banding together, the workers had more power to get better working conditions than one worker going to the boss and asking for better pay or hours or something.

Question 5

17.  What forms of transportation moved goods into and out of this region?

Accepted Answer

Railroads and shipping moved goods.

Question 6

18.  What industry grew in the timbered regions of Wisconsin and Michigan?

Accepted Answer

Sawmill Industry grew in WI and MI

Question 7

19.  Identify the major iron and steel manufacturing centers on the map.

Accepted Answer

Ohio and a little in NY, PA, IL

Question 8

20.  What time zone crossed when traveling from FL to CA?

Accepted Answer

Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific Time

Question 9

21.  If 6:00 PM in Maine, what time is it in Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

1:00 PM Hawaiian-Aleutian Time

Question 10

22.  If 3 PM in TX, what time in Alaska?

Accepted Answer

12:00 PM Alaska Time

Question 11

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1.  What did the writer from San Francisco seem to fear?

Accepted Answer

Marshall was afraid that Chinese laborers were going to run the American laborers out of the country.

Question 12

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2. What did Louis Marshall claim about the immigrants' contributions?

Accepted Answer

Marshall said that the immigrant contributions had been valuable to industry, business, and social development.

Question 13

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3. What facts does Marshall use to support his view that the newcomers are "assimilable"?

Accepted Answer

The new immigrants are taught to love the U.S. government, adopt the American ways of living.

Question 14

Sec. 1
2.  Explain the difference between old immigration and new immigration.

Accepted Answer

The pattern of immigration changed from the old pattern of coming from Northern and Western Europe to the new pattern of coming from Southern and Eastern Europe.  New did not fit in to American society as well as old did because of language problems.

Question 15

3.  What were some of the cultural differences that immigrants had to adjust to in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Women and children worked 13.5 hr. a day sometimes, women had more freedom than in old countries, learning a new language a problem, American lifestyles conflicted with old traditions.

Question 16

4.  Why do you think some Americans blamed "new" immigrants for many of societies problems?

Accepted Answer

The "new" immigrants would work for less and take up jobs that American workers had and wanted more money for.

Question 17

5a.  Reason 1 why some Americans did not accept the new immigrants

Accepted Answer

Immigrants would work for less money than Americans for the same job. Also Immigrants blamed for unemployment due to needing to care for families.

Question 18

5b.  Reason 2 why some Americans did not accept the new immigrants

Accepted Answer

Many immigrants spoke no or poor English, had different religious customs, and did not fit into American society.

Question 19

5c.  Reason 3 why some Americans did not accept the new immigrants

Accepted Answer

Immigrants were being blamed for crimes.

Question 20

6.  Paragraph

Accepted Answer

Pledge of Allegiance 
   In this picture, it shows kids at school saying the Pledge of Allegiance.  There is one girl holding the American flag for the other kids to pledge in front of.  The kids are in a big room, and there are about 100 of them.

Question 21

6. cont.

Accepted Answer

This classroom must be a crowded place to learn. There are two teachers who are young.  There are pictures of famous paintings around the room.

Question 22

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1.  Why do you think Italian, Polish, and Japanese immigrants settled where they did?

Accepted Answer

The Japanese settled where they entered the U.S. and where they could get jobs that did not require knowing the language.  The Polish and Italians came straight across the Atlantic, but the Polish looked for huge Catholic communities where other Poles

Question 23

1. cont.

Accepted Answer

lived.  The Italians had come from farming jobs, but wanted better than that, like in building railroads and buildings.

Question 24

2.  In what regions of the world did the number of emigrants change the most from 1890 to 1930?

Accepted Answer

Northern Europe (43%) and Central Europe (35%)

Hist. Ch.

Ch. 19 Assessment Ch. 20 Sec. 1

Question	Answer
p. 576 12. How did the Haymarket Riot of 1886 affect public opinion about the labor movement?	The Haymarket Riot scared the public because they were afraid the labor movement meant terrorism and disorder.
13. Describe the contributions of African American inventors in the late 1800s.	Lewis Lattimer improved the light bulb filament. Granville Woods invented electromagnetic brake, an electric incubator,and automatic circuit breaker. Elijah McCoy invented a machine for oiling machinery. Jan Matzeliger invented a shoe making machine.
14. How did horizontal integration differ from vertical integration?	Vertical integration was growing a company by buying up companies that make stuff for the main company. Horizontal is buying up all the companies just like the main company and combining them into one huge corporation.
15. Why did workers think that forming organized labor unions would help them get what wanted from employers?	By banding together, the workers had more power to get better working conditions than one worker going to the boss and asking for better pay or hours or something.
17. What forms of transportation moved goods into and out of this region?	Railroads and shipping moved goods.
18. What industry grew in the timbered regions of Wisconsin and Michigan?	Sawmill Industry grew in WI and MI
19. Identify the major iron and steel manufacturing centers on the map.	Ohio and a little in NY, PA, IL
20. What time zone crossed when traveling from FL to CA?	Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific Time
21. If 6:00 PM in Maine, what time is it in Hawaii?	1:00 PM Hawaiian-Aleutian Time
22. If 3 PM in TX, what time in Alaska?	12:00 PM Alaska Time
p. 586 1. What did the writer from San Francisco seem to fear?	Marshall was afraid that Chinese laborers were going to run the American laborers out of the country.
p. 586 2. What did Louis Marshall claim about the immigrants' contributions?	Marshall said that the immigrant contributions had been valuable to industry, business, and social development.
p. 586 3. What facts does Marshall use to support his view that the newcomers are "assimilable"?	The new immigrants are taught to love the U.S. government, adopt the American ways of living.
Sec. 1 2. Explain the difference between old immigration and new immigration.	The pattern of immigration changed from the old pattern of coming from Northern and Western Europe to the new pattern of coming from Southern and Eastern Europe. New did not fit in to American society as well as old did because of language problems.
3. What were some of the cultural differences that immigrants had to adjust to in the U.S.?	Women and children worked 13.5 hr. a day sometimes, women had more freedom than in old countries, learning a new language a problem, American lifestyles conflicted with old traditions.
4. Why do you think some Americans blamed "new" immigrants for many of societies problems?	The "new" immigrants would work for less and take up jobs that American workers had and wanted more money for.
5a. Reason 1 why some Americans did not accept the new immigrants	Immigrants would work for less money than Americans for the same job. Also Immigrants blamed for unemployment due to needing to care for families.
5b. Reason 2 why some Americans did not accept the new immigrants	Many immigrants spoke no or poor English, had different religious customs, and did not fit into American society.
5c. Reason 3 why some Americans did not accept the new immigrants	Immigrants were being blamed for crimes.
6. Paragraph	Pledge of Allegiance In this picture, it shows kids at school saying the Pledge of Allegiance. There is one girl holding the American flag for the other kids to pledge in front of. The kids are in a big room, and there are about 100 of them.
6. cont.	This classroom must be a crowded place to learn. There are two teachers who are young. There are pictures of famous paintings around the room.
p. 588-9 1. Why do you think Italian, Polish, and Japanese immigrants settled where they did?	The Japanese settled where they entered the U.S. and where they could get jobs that did not require knowing the language. The Polish and Italians came straight across the Atlantic, but the Polish looked for huge Catholic communities where other Poles
1. cont.	lived. The Italians had come from farming jobs, but wanted better than that, like in building railroads and buildings.
2. In what regions of the world did the number of emigrants change the most from 1890 to 1930?	Northern Europe (43%) and Central Europe (35%)

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