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1
Which of these were often blamed for poverty, crime, overcrowding, and violence?
immigrants
labor unions
Americans
2
Built the first working airplane.
George Washington Carver
Frank and Charles Duryea
Orville and Wilbur Wright
3
Why are monopolies bad for the economy?
They make too much money for the owners.
They don't allow competition.
They employ fewer workers.
4
When workers refuse to work to try to force business owners to meet their demands.
strike
labor union
prejudice
5
What inspired Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone?
money
calling his mother
deaf people and hearing
6
A crowded factory where people worked for long hours for wages
piecework
tenement
sweatshop
7
The time in history when the U.S. moved from agriculture to industry.
Industrial Revolution
Building Revolution
Agriculture Revolution
8
Goals of the American Federation of Labor
to get higher pay, shorter working hours, safer work
to hire new workers and start new holidays
to pass child labor laws
9
The immigration station located in New York. European immigrants came here.
Coney Island
Ellis Island
Angel Island
10
An apartment shared by several families is
skyscraper
tenement
condominium
11
The Wright brothers flew the 1st airplane in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, ______.
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
12
A good reason why a worker in 1895 made low wages was
labor unions were strong
many people were looking for work
immigrants couldn't speak English
13
Immigrants first stop when they came to San Francisco in early 1900s was
Angel Island
Coney Island
Ellis Island
14
Interested in hearing after working with deaf people and invented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
15
Which of these was a common reason for people to immigrate to America?
work on a farm
to live in a tenement
religious freedom
16
Entrepreneur who controlled 90% of the oil business in the United States.
Edwin Drake
Andrew Carneige
John D. Rockefeller
17
Unfair, negative opinion about a group of people.
strike
prejudice
labor union
18
Invented many uses for peanuts and taught former slaves farming methods.
Thomas Edison
George Washington Carver
Alexander Graham Bell
19
Angel Island was the main immigration station for immigrants from where?
China
Africa
Europe
20
Invented the light bulb, phonograph, and kinetoscope.
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
George Washington Carver
21
________________ is a share of a company.
Stock
Investor
Strike
22
An entrepreneur who produced steel at the lowest possible cost.
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carneige
Edwin Drake