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Quiz Study Guide - BIG Business and Immigration
BIG Business
Vocab – Match the word to the definition.
1. _____ Mass production
A. When one company has total ownership of a product or service
2. _____ Monopoly
B. Producing a large quantity (amount) of a product quickly and
cheaply
3. _____ National Market
C. Markets that stretch across the continent. People can buy things
from anywhere in the country.
4. _____ Assembly Line
D. Arranging workers in such a way to manufacture a product quickly
and cheaply, giving each worker one task
5. Complete the chart.
Name of the city/region
Name of the industry located there
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6. List all factors that caused big business. (Why the US industrialized?)
7. How did the Railroad help industry and big business? Name 3 ways.
8. What did Thomas Edison invent? What was the impact on industry?
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9. What did Alexander Graham Bell invent? What was the impact on industry?
10. What did Henry Ford invent? What was the impact on industry?
11. List the examples of the 4 big businesses studied in this unit AND the captain of each industry.
12. Look at the political cartoon. What does it represent?
What captain of industry is represented?
Immigration
1. What caused immigrants to move to the USA in the early 1900s?
HEAR2. Where did most European immigrants enter the USA? Where did most Asian immigrants enter the USA?
3. What obstacles did immigrants face in America?
Living Conditions –
Working Conditions –
Discrimination -
4. During the early 1900s, from where were many immigrants coming?
5. What two groups of immigrants faced harsh discrimination?
6. How did Political Machines help immigrants? What did they expect in return for their help?