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Industry/Immigration
Honors- Industry/immigration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or False? Oil was always easily obtained. | False. It was below the earth's surface. Before the steam drill, it was not practical. |
| WHat are uses for oil? | Kerosene in lamps, gasoline for cars, though originally the settlers had little use for it. |
| What is tenement housing? | multi-family apartments with poor sanitation. |
| Who was Edwin L. Drake? | inventor of Steam Engine Oil Drill |
| Who was Christopher Sholes | Invented the typewriter |
| Thomas Alva Edison?? | Invented the incandescent lightbulb. |
| Why is steel superior to iron? | Lighter, more flexible, rust-proof. |
| Who was the major oil tycoon? | Carnegie |
| Who brought the Bessemer Process to America? | Andrew Carnegie |
| Who did the typewriter/telephone influence and why? | Brought women into the workforce by creating secretarial positions. |
| Who worked on the construction of the railroads? | Irish immigrants, Chinese Immigrants and Civil War Vets |
| Who was George Pullman | Produced luxury sleeper cars. He developed a company town for his workers. He had strict rules for living in the town and if you didn't follow those rules you would be fired. |
| Why were German immigrants more "desirable" than Latins? | They were more caucasian (white) looking |
| What ws the Chinese Exclusion Act? | banned Chinese immigrants from entering the US except for teachers, students, tourists |
| Jacob Reese took pictures of tenement housing that revealed? | the unsanitary and cramped conditions of tenement housing. |
| Who was Thomas Byrnes? | He was the first to use mugshots in detective work |
| What is a roughneck? | construction worker on a skyscraper |
| What newspaper man helped raise money to put the Statue of Liberty back together? | Joseph Pulitzer |
| Where was Lady Liberty from? | France |
| What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? | 146 women died when a fire spread quickly throughout the factory. As a result, strict fire codes went into effect. |
| Who was Jane Addams? | She opened a settlement house to help new immigrants. |
| What is a "Bird of Passage" | an immigrant who does not intend on staying permanently in the US. They intend on making money and sending it back home. |
| Where did immigrants enter the US at the turn of the century? | Angel and Ellis Island |
| Why is the Transcontinental RR important? | It connected the east and west coast. |
| What was the Sherman Anti-Trust act? | It made monopolies illegal. |
| Where di most immigrants come from in 1900? | Europe |
| How did most immigrants arrive to the US? | by steamship! |
| Why is America called the "Melting Pot"? | it is a mixture of culture and races |
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