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What did Andrew Carnegie do with his money

used to take care of the poor

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented Chinese people from becoming U.S. citizens for 10 years. The purpose was to prevent the United States from being "overrun" by enormous numbers of Chinese laborers willing to work for much lower wages than less recent immigrants.

What did John D Rockefeller believe

Rockefeller believes that he should give his money away.

What was steerage

the cargo compartment of a boat, where poorer immigrants traveled in

How did the industrial revolution change working conditions for people

There was very little need for skilled labor

What problems are associated with tenant farming and sharecropping

They extended social problems and lack of equality after the end of slavery

Why did many children work

Poor families needed the money.

Why would a group of companies be willing to cooperate in price-fixing

So that they could all make more money.

Which statement best expresses a common belief among nativists in the late 1800's and early 1900's

America is for Americans

What was one reason geovernment officials ignored unfair business practices

Some

Immigrants from which country came to the united States to build the railroads

China

Who was not the following robber baron

Thomas Edison

Which group on Americans would have been opposed to the assimilation of immigrants

nativists

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