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U.S. History (Topic 1 )
U.S. History (Topic 1 )
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Industry and Immigration
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What were the main benefits of mass production?
ended corruption in politics
helped prohibition
more production in less time
helped immigration
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What caused "mass culture" in America?
transportation, advertising and better communication
sitting on the couch with your phone all day
eating funions and pork rhines
Obesity
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Which were challenges immigrants faced in America?
saving enough money for an XBox
How hard it was to pass HS Math
discrimination, competition for jobs, the language barrier
the rigors of PE classes
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What forms of entertainment were popular during the 1800s?
raves and recitals
Grand Theft Auto
amusement parks, vaudeville, outdoor shows, motion pictures
Ms. PacMan
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Problems with the rapid growth of cities?
Farms went empty
The price of corn when up
it caused the Dust Bowl
Overcrowding, tenements, bad sanitation and bad water supply
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When you got behind in this quiz game, what did you do?
I kept trying, cause I aint no quitter!
start to cheat off of your classmate
start to pout and give up
feel sorry for yourself
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Two methods that businesses used to increase profits?
cutting wages and firing workers
Greed and Wealth
coal and iron
Horizontal and Vertical Integration
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Why did people move to cities?
for the wonderful sanitation systems
to live in tenements
for jobs, and the variety of food and entertainment
To live in slums
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What the the AFL (workers union) focus on?
making money
increasing profits
Workers' wages, hours and working conditions
the Super Bowl vs the NFL
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How did entrepreneurs encourage industrialization?
Created jobs, increased consumer spending and helped economy
manure was feed to the livestock
they cheered along the sidelines
they sat around and talked about it
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How did company towns negatively impact the lives of their workers?
They didn't have any Starbucks
They put them in concentration camps
No fast food restaraunts
They controlled prices of their wages, rents and food
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Which are "pull factors" that attracted immigrants to America?
Liveable Loveable Lodi
McDonalds french fries
Jobs, land and a new life......"The American Dream"
Disneyland and Disneyworld
