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Business Immigration Hodge Podge

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Why did cattle ranchers send their cattle to the North and

East?

They could sell their cattle there for more money!

Supply and demand is what drove cattle drives. What is

demand?

The amount of something that people want to buy at certain

prices.

Name 2 reasons why cattle drives ended.

1. Barbed wire2. No more grass3. More railroads

4. Freezing temperatures

When the supply of an item increases, the price

__________________

Decreases

What was the name of the freed slaves who became cowboys and

worked on the cattle trails?

Why did they want to work on the cattle trails?

Black cowboys

They were treated equally and they had opportunities to earn more

money.

Who improved the electric light bulb?

Thomas Edison

This man solved a huge problem for farmers by introducing crop

rotation.

George Washington Carver

This man helped American businesses by creating an

invention that allowed people to communicate between different

floors in one building.

Alexander Graham Bell

George Washington Carver had to come up with over 300

______________ products after telling farmers to grow them.

Peanuts

These inventors changed the way Americans traveled.

The Wright Brothers

How did the inventions of the time period affect businesses?

People could work faster and complete more jobs.

Which invention made it possible for factories to stay

open at night?

The electric light bulb

What is a business in which people own shares of the

company?

Corporation

A company that has no competition is called a _______________

Monoploy

Name 2 things that labor unions wanted for people?

1. Better pay2. 8 hour work days

3. Better working conditions4. No children working in factories

Name 1 reason immigrants decided to leave their countries.

1. Escape war or persecution2. Political freedom

3. Religious freedom4. A better life for their family

Immigrants brought their own ________ and _________ with them to the United

States.

Languages and customs

Name the 2 immigration stations that immigrants went through when

entering the U.S.

Where were they located?

Ellis Island in New York Harbor and

Angel Island in San Francisco Bay.

Chinese immigrants came through ____________ Island, and they

faced more _____________ than European immigrants.

Angel

Prejudices

Name 2 difficulties immigrants faced when they arrived to

America.

1. They worked in dangerous factories.2. They worked long hours for little

pay.3. They lived in tenements.4. They faced prejudices from people

who felt they were stealing their jobs.

What do we call a system of trains used to

move people around cities?

Rapid transit

If workers decide that they are not being

treated fairly, they can go on ___________.

Strike

Thousands of people moved to _____________ in search of

gold, but they found lots of fish, forest, and minerals instead.

Alaska

News stories that exaggerate the truth to attract readers is called

____________ ________________

Yellow Journalism

What was built to shorten the trip from the east coast of the

U.S. to the west coast?

The Panama Canal