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History 324

Coming to America

Question: Where did thousands of immigrants first land in America?
Answer: Ellis Island

Question: Why did most people come to America in the first place?
Answer: For better jobs, the promise of both political and religious freedoms.

Question: What diseases spread as a lack of clean living conditions?
Answer: Cholera, typhoid, smallpox, tuberculosis.

Question: In 1867 New York passed the Tenement House Act.  What did this require?
Answer: The act required that each tenement have basic sanitation and health codes, specifically ventilation.

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Mayoral Election 2015

Question: This man is our current Mayor.
Answer: Rahm Emmanuel

Question: We know Rahm is facing "Chuy" Garcia for the prize.  Name one of the other men who initially was running for Mayor.
Answer: Willie Wilson, Bob Fioretti, William "Dock" Walls

Question: Now that Rahm and "Chuy" are the final two candidates, we must vote in a __________ election.
Answer: Runoff.

Question: This is the age you must be to vote in America.
Answer: 18

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Women's Suffrage

Question: What is suffrage?
Answer: The right to vote.

Question: What Amendment gave women the right to vote?
Answer: 19th

Question: Which women gained the right to vote as a result of the passing of the 19th Amendment?
Answer: White, land-owning women.

Question: Some women even went to drastic measures to prove how badly they wanted to vote.  What is an example of this?
Answer: Hunger strikes.

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Unions- Workers' Rights

Question: Most immigrants worked at these kinds of places for very long hours....
Answer: Factories

Question: In 1911 a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. killing 150 employees (mostly women).  What changes did this have for future companies?
Answer: Fire prevention measures and many safety reforms to industrial safety.

Question: One of the first major strikes happened in 1912 at the textile mills in Lawrence, Mass.  Why?
Answer: The mill owners drastically cut the work-week and pay of the workers without any notice.

Question: The American Federation of Labor (AFL) urged Congress to create the U.S. Department of Labor.  What's its purpose?
Answer: To protect and extend the rights of wage earners (paid workers).

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