Who is... | Immigration | Work during reconstruction period | Confederates vs. Union | Union or confederate state? (What is Union or what is confederate) |
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Who is Thomas Edison?
Invented the light bulb
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What is the reason many immigrated to America?
They were escaping poverty and violence. They wanted to start a better life.
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What is the Chinese and Irish immigrants
Hired to lay the tracks for the railroads
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What is some of the states in the confederacy?
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana
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What is confederate?
Florida
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Who is John D. Rockefeller?
He set up many refineries in the United States
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What is the Ellis Immigration Station?
It was opened in New York Harbor. Immigrants were examined before being allowed into the country.
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What is labor unions and why they were created?
were created to give workers a better and safer working environment
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What is 20 states?
The number of states in the Union
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What is Union?
Vermont
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Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Traveled to Britain and learned how to make steel. He started the steel business in the US.
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What is the place where immigrants from Asia entered?
They entered Angel Island in San Francisco Bay
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What is Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory?
It caught on fire and there was only one fire escape. 146 workers died of this tragedy.
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What is border states?
States that had slaves but did not succeed from the Union ex. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, West Virgina and Missouri
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What is confederate?
South Carolina/North Carolina
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Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Invented the telephone
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What is the Great Migration?
brought thousands of African Americans to Northern cities such as Chicago, NYC, and Detroit
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What is changes for the Native Americans?
Their lands were taken from them as well as their way of life. They were sent to reservations
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What is the Union states
States such as Maine, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
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What is Union?
Kansas/Indiana
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Who was Jane Addams and Lillian Wald?
They were reformers who started settlement houses
Jane Addams- Hull House, Chicago Lillian Wald- Henry Street Settlement, NYC |
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This law excluded Chinese immigrants for 10 years
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What is 20 African Americans?
The amount African Americans who served in Congress during Reconstruction?
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What is the Union
Won the civil war when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
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What is confederate
Virginia
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