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17 Cards in this Set
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Who owned the majority of the oil companies in the US in the 1860's?
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John D. Rockefeller
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Who was the doctor who worked to make paint factories cleaner?
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Alice Hamilton
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Who may go on strike if they do not agree with working conditions or wages?
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Union workers
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Were immigrants from Italy, Russia, and Poland, rich or poor?
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They were very poor.
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Which president worked to protect our country's natural resources?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who was the newspaper reporter who wrote articles about immigrant life to help poor immigrants in America?
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Jacob Riis
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Where was The Locust Street Social Settlement House located?
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It was located in Virginia and was started by Janie Porter Barrett.
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Where did many immigrants work for long hours?
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They worked in factories.
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Where is oil cleaned?
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It is cleaned in oil refineries.
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Where did many immigrants come from before the 1880's?
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Great Britain and Germany
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Who started the NACCP to help end discrimination against African Americans?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Who owned the majority of the steel mills in the US in the late 1800's?
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Andrew Carnegie
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Who was the photographer who took pictures of children who worked in factories to show the public the poor working conditions in the factories?
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Lewis Hine
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Who was the muckraker who wrote a book about the problems in the meat industry?
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Upton Sinclair
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Who helped miners start labor unions to protect workers' rights?
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Mary "Mother" Jones
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Who helped start the American Federation of Labor in 1886?
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Samuel Gompers
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Be able to put these events in order from which happened first to which happened last.
- People in Ireland were starving in the 1840's. - In 1895, Lillian Wald started the Henry Street Settlement House. - W.E.B. Du Bois helped start the NAACP in 1909. - The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed. - John D. Rockefeller built his first oil refinery. |
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