Industrial Revolution & Immigration

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• Cartel
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories
• Hand
• Slaves
• Royalty

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends

How did prejudice create problems for some immigrants?

• Major companies wanted to hire them
• People laughed at their accents
• Were not allowed jobs because of their race/ethnicity
• Immigrant children were not allowed to attend school

Where were most immigrants from?

• Italy
• Slavic Countries
• Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
• Europe

Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island

Immigrants were checked for dangerous diseases because...

• They didn't want them to bring them into the US
• They were discriminating against immigrants
• They had prejudice and did it just to be mean

Which was a reason immigrants came to America?

• Hope for a better opportunity
• To avoid paying taxes
• Compete in the winter Olympics
• All of these

Define capitalism _____

• an economic ideas based on the ownership of private property, and competition in the marketplace

• the capital of the U.S.

• uhhh, don't remember

• government control the market