THE GAME OF DESKS (A Test is Coming!)

THE RULES  Notice you have stickers on your desk.  Form a team of 4. Your team must have a blue, yellow, green, and pink.  The fastest group to give a satisfactory answer wins the question.

RULES CONTINUED…  To answer, you must write the answer out completely on the whiteboard and AFTER doing so, all your group must raise their hands up in the air.  After each question, the board must be passed to a new member of the group.

QUESTION #1  Which railroad went from West to East?  Answer: The Central Pacific

QUESTION #2  What was Thomas Edison famous for?  Answer: The light bulb  Extra: The phonograph

QUESTION #3  Who opposed labor unions?  Answer: Business Owners or management

QUESTION #4  What is Social Darwinism?  Answer: Strong Businesses grow, weak businesses fail

QUESTION #5  What was the famous ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?  Answer: “Separate but equal”

QUESTION #6  What is Andrew Carnegie know for?  Answer: Building up the steel industry in America

QUESTION #7  True/False- Western Europeans & Protestants were considered “new immigrants”  Answer: False  Extra: Eastern Europeans & Catholics

QUESTION #8  What is the common name for the time period of racial segregation in the South?  Answer: Jim Crow

QUESTION #9  Name three groups that labor unions sought to help  Answer: Children, Immigrants, Nativists, Women, Overworked

QUESTION #10  What is a monopoly?  Answer: When a business or trust controls all of an industry, eliminating the competition

QUESTION #11  1. Where was Angel Island?  2. Where was Ellis Island?  Answers: West Coast (San Francisco) and East Coast (New York Harbor)

QUESTION # 12  True/False- During the 2 nd Industrial Revolution, most immigrants lived as farmers?  Answer: False

TICKET OUT THE DOOR!  Read page 510 and write 3 summaries of how Mexicans, Asians, and Native Americans faced discrimination. Each should be about 2 complete sentences.