Vocabulary
Impactful People
Inventions/Technology
Political Cartoons
Labor/City Living
100
What did Labor Unions represent?
Labor unions were made by workers who made sure their rights were protected.
100
Who immigrated to the US from Scotland, where they lived in poverty in the struggling economy.
Andrew Carnegie moved to the US when he was 13, and his first job was at a cotton mill making very little money.
100
Who won the Tournament Of Inventions held in 5th grade CTC?
Medicine won the Tournament, defeating the light bulb.
100
What does this political cartoon represent, in terms of industrialism and monopolies?
This cartoon shows Rockefeller's company, Standard Oil, taking over the industry in a monopoly. Standard Oil is seen as a giant octopus seizing the government, currently reaching for the White House with the government laissez faire, a policy of letting things take their own course or happen on their own..
100
What are tenements?
Tenements were overcrowded apartments where people would live if they could not afford their own apartments. They were unsanitary, often not having running water or a lot of light.
200
What was a sweatshop
Sweatshops were factories where laborers worked for long hours and low wages, often getting injured by running dangerous machines.
200
What Industry did Andrew Carnegie monopolize?
The steel industry was Andrew Carnegie's main domain, where he owned the company called Carnegie Steel. Carnegie also owned Keystone Bridge company, taking his profits from each company and giving most money to philanthropy.
200
Who created the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone, patenting it in 1876. This changed the US forever by inspiring the phones we have today.
200
Who is featured in this political cartoon?
This political cartoon, known as "what a funny little government", features John D. Rockefeller holding the government with steam/industry factories in the background behind the Capitol Building
200
Who was an activist to improve sanitation in Chicago's meat industry?
Upton Sinclair raised awareness about the disgusting truth about food consumers were eating. He exposed the meat packing industry in his book, The Jungle, where he depicted the gross process of packaging and loading meat in large factories.
300
What was the Homestead Strike?
The Homestead Strike was the rebel against the Carnegie Steel company by workers who were done with low wages and long hours. Andrew Carnegie threw his support behind a man named Henry Frick, who locked out workers and hired thugs to intimidate strikers.
300
Who believed in improving the conditions of tenements in big cities?
Jacob Riis fought hard to improve the sanitation in tenements and even helped pass the first
300
What invention did the steam engine later inspire the creation of?
The steam engine inspired the later creation of the gas engine, which is still used in cars today.
300
What are the items inside the cornucopia and what do they all represent?
Items inside the cornucopia include power companies, boats, railroads, etc.... They represent the companies and industries JP Morgan took over or invested money into. The picture shows him stepping into England, where he moved to after his career.
300
Was it usually safe living in industrial cities as a poor immigrant?
No, usually poor immigrants were forced to live in tenements and were often deprived of neccessary items.
400
What is a monopoly?
A monopoly happened when one company had control over an entire industry. For example, John D. Rockefeller's company, Standard Oil, had a monopoly over the oil industry.
400
What Industry did Cornelius Vanderbilt begin in?
Cornelius Vanderbilt began in the steamship industry, then ventured into the railroad industry where he was very competitive and had many monopolies, donating solely to his own college and a few boats to the Union in the civil war.
400
Who invented the X-Ray?
Wilhelm Roentgen accidentally discovered the X-ray in 1895, and got a patent for it in 1896. This helped doctors solve medical problems early and with more knowledge.
400
Who and what does this political cartoon represent?
This political cartoon depicts Cornelius Vanderbilt in the fight for the Eerie Railroad, and is a good example of social darwinism (survival of the fittest) The Erie railroad war took place in 1868, where Vanderbilt and Jim Fisk and Jay Gould fought over financial control over the Erie railroad.
400
How long was the average work shift for a child during the Industrial Revolution?
The average work shift for a child laborer working in a factory was about 10-12 hours a day, and even 18 hours a day at the height of the season, for 6 days a week.
500
What was the Gilded Age?
The period alongside the Industrial Revolution that was characterized by great wealth, inequality, and political criticism.
Industrial revolution- the change between making goods by hand to machines. It impacted labor by increasing jobs and making production more dangerous but faster.
500
Who opened her house to immigrants who were trying to succeed in the country? She called her social settlement Hull House after its builder. She later built a daycare, theatre, gymnasium, and even a kindergarten.
Jane Adams was an important person in the industrial revolution, serving as a progressive woman and helping hundreds of struggling immigrants.
500
The camera was invented by _______?
Trick Question! No one knows who invented the camera, and we also do not know when it was first invented or used. The camera helped us capture lots of history and improved technology today.
500
Andrew Carnegie is shown in this cartoon standing over the northern states of the US by the great lakes.
500
How much money did workers earn on average per hour?
Men would earn about $1.50 a day, with women earning even less, and children earning the least at around $0.60 a day.