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Quiz Study Guide - BIG Business and Immigration

BIG Business

Vocab – Match the word to the definition. 1. __B___ Mass production A. When one company has total ownership of a product or service

2. __A___ Monopoly B. Producing a large quantity (amount) of a product quickly and cheaply

3. __C___ National Market C. Markets that stretch across the continent. People can buy things from anywhere in the country.

4. ___D__ Assembly Line D. Arranging workers in such a way to manufacture a product quickly and cheaply, giving each worker one task

5. Complete the chart.

Name of the city/region Name of the industry located there

1Pittsburgh Steel

2 Chicago Meat Packing

3New England Textiles

4Detroit Automobile

6. List all factors that caused big business. (Why the US industrialized) Mass ProductionTransportationRaw MaterialsAdvertisingImmigration/Increase in laborNew Inventions

7. How did the Railroad help industry and big business? Name 3 ways.

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Brought raw materials from the west to the factories in the east. a. Copper, lead, and iron ore

Railroads carried goods (finished products) from factories to people all over the countryThis creates NATIONAL MARKETS

b. Markets that stretch across the continentc. Now people can buy things from anywhere around the country

8. What did Thomas Edison invent? What was the impact on industry?Light bulb, electric lightingExtended the work day

9. What did Alexander Graham Bell invent? What was the impact on industry?Telephone, Bell Telephone CompanyIncreased communication

10. What did Henry Ford invent? What was the impact on industry?Model T, Assembly LineIncreased productivity (made products quick and cheap)Other companies copied Ford’s assembly line

11. List the examples of the 4 big businesses studied in this unit AND the captain of each industry. Oil – Rockefeller Banking - MorganSteel – Carnegie Railroad/Shipping – Vanderbilt

12. Look at the political cartoon. What does it represent?the power of monopolies

What captain of industry is represented?John D. Rockefeller

Immigration1. What caused immigrants to move to the USA in the early 1900s?

Hope for better opportunitiesEscape from oppressive governmentsAdventure Religious freedom

2. Where did most European immigrants enter the USA? Where did most Asian immigrants enter the USA?Europeans – Ellis IslandAsians – Angel Island

3. What obstacles did immigrants face in America?Overcrowded cities and tenementsBad working conditions (low pay, long hours, child labor)Discrimination

4. During the early 1900s, from where were many immigrants coming?South and Eastern Europe China and Japan

5. What two groups of immigrants faced harsh discrimination?Chinese and Irish

6. How did Political Machines help immigrants? What did they expect in return for their help?Political Machines often helped immigrants with citizenship, jobs, and housing in exchange for votes.