Ch 20 Test - A Nation of Cities: US History AGS

Many Jewish families from ______ came to the United States to escape religious persecution.

Poland

The ______ was a gift from France.

Statue of Liberty

______ in most factories were very bad because of long hours, poor air quality, and dangerous machines.

Working conditions

F. W. Woolworth founded one of the first ______ in the country.

department stores

Large quantities of items were made in factories using process known as ______.

mass production

The ______ industry was centered in Chicago, Illinois.

meat-packing

Cleveland, Ohio, became known as a center for the ______ industry.

oil refining

Immigrants with different customs and who could not speak English were usually met with ______.

prejudice

Many employers were not concerned with ______.

safety

Cities had poor ______, which caused health problems for everyone.

sanitation

Immigrant families traveled to the United States in the ______ of steamships.

steerage

Public transportation often took the form of ______ pulled by horses and later powered by electricity.

streetcars

Workers would receive as little as $6.00 in ______ for a sixty-hour week of back-breaking work.

wages