NAME:______________________________________
Prelude—Flesh and Blood So Cheap—Reading Worksheet I
PAGES: 1-6
PER:_____
I:
DATES
What happened during and on the following years and/or dates:
 Saturday, March 25, 1911—

1825—

1911—
II:
PEOPLE
Who were the following people:
 Miss Frances Perkins—

John D. Rockefeller—

Henry Ford—

Andrew Carnegie—

Thomas A. Edison—
III:
VOCABULARY
Use context clues to define the following terms:
 Suffocated—

Pushes—

Pulls—

Safety-net---
List three reasons why this section is called: “From The Ashes.” Use specific details from
the book.
1.
2.
3.
NAME:______________________________________
PER:_____
Huddled Masses—Flesh and Blood So Cheap—Reading Worksheet II
PAGES: 7-22
I:
DATES
What happened during and on the following years and/or dates:
 1903—

1880-1921—

1903-1906—
II:
PEOPLE
Who were the following people:
 Emma Lazarus—

Sadie Frowne —

Czar Nicholas II—
III:
VOCABULARY
Use context clues to define the following terms:
 Immigrants—

Czars—

Shtetl—

Pogroms---
List three reasons why this section is called: “Huddled Masses.” Use specific details from
the book.
1.
2.
3.