Industrialization and Immigration

Question 1

Cyrus McCormick

Answer 1

Made the Mechanical Reaper, it could harvest large amounts of grain, in the 1830’s

Question 2

Immigrate

Answer 2

To come to live in another country permanently

Question 3

Emigrate

Answer 3

To permanently leave one’s country

Question 4

Angel Island

Answer 4

“Ellis Island of the West”, Immigration Station in San Francisco.

Question 5

Ellis Island

Answer 5

The first Immigration Station, in NYC, opened on January 1, 1892.

Question 6

Ethnic Enclaves

Answer 6

Immigrants settled in diverse towns, facing language and religious barriers together. An area in a city where different cultures lived separately from other groups. For example, Little Italy in NYC, Chicago’s West Side, and Chinese Influence in San Francisco.

Question 7

Industrialization

Answer 7

The process of everyday goods changing because things went from being hand crafted by artisans to being mass produced in factories. Industrialization changed population, diversity, creation, and new inventions.

Question 8

Settlement Housing

Answer 8

Started in the UK in the 1800s to help the poor. In the US, these houses provided shelter, helped people become Americanized, and helped people enter the work force. The first Settlement House was made in New York, with 400 following it across the US.

Question 9

Bessemer Process

Answer 9

An inexpensive way to make steel, pour molten iron into a container and blasting with air

Question 10

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 10

Prohibited Chinese Immigration into the US for 10 years