Immigration/Industrialization

Assimilation is...

• a business owned by investors and stockholders who share in the business' profits

• The growth of cities rather than rural areas

• the idea that new immigrants had to adapt to American ways of life

• a factor which causes one to leave their country

A monopoly is...

• A factor which entices someone to a new home

• an organization of workers fighting for better wages and working conditions

• Someone fleeing their country because of violence or persecution

• Exclusive control of a commodity or service an a particular market

Urbanization is...

• The growth of cities rather than rural areas

• A factor which causes someone to leave their country

• A business owned by investors or shareholders who share in the business' profits

• A factor which entices someone to come to a new country

Rockefeller was a giant in which industry?

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

• Coal

Carnegie was a giant in which industry?

• Oil

• Establishing women's rights

• Steel

• Creating Labor Unions

An emigrant is someone who...

• breaks strikes by going to work in different factories

• comes into a new country

• fights for better working conditions

• leaves their country

A society where the wealth of a few people masks the real problems of greed, poverty, and corruption.

• The Gilded Age

• The Progressive Era

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Enlightenment

Monopolies threaten the free-enterprise system by...

• Encouraging labor disputes

• Reducing prices

• Eliminating competition

• Increasing foreign trade

Which group of immigrants fled their home country after facing religious persecution in the form of "pogroms"?

• Italian Immigrants

• Jewish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Mexican Immigrants

Which group of immigrants found jobs working on the railroad and in the California gold mine?

• Italian Immigrants

• Jewish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Mexican Immigrants