Types of jobs that increased during the Industrial Revolution
What is Factory/Industrial
100
Oil tycoon; founder of Standard Oil
What is Rockefeller
100
Formed during the 2nd Industrial Revolution in response to the difficult working conditions that unskilled laborers faced.
What is Labor Unions
100
Completed the 1st successful airplane flight.
What is Wright Bros
100
The idea that religious faith should be shown through good works
What is Social Gospel
200
Explain two effects that the railroads had on society during the 2nd Industrial Revolution in America
What is New towns, time zones, jobs for immigrants, economic benefits (trade), safer and faster travel.
200
One of the 1st steel tycoons
What is Carnegie
200
Fear of foreigners
What is xenophobia
200
Invented the telephone
What is Graham Bell
200
Name two immigration and processing centers from this time period
What is Ellis and Angel Island
300
How did the economy shift during the Industrial Revolution?
What is Farming to Factories or Agricultural to Industrial
300
One company or business controlling a product or service.
What is Monopoly
300
Describe three examples of difficult working conditions during the Industrial Revolution
What is Child labor, long hours, no minimum wage, no health care, no vacation or sick leave.
300
Invented the telegraph
What is Morse
300
DAILY DOUBLE: Explain three ways in which the government tried to limit or control immigration during this time
What is Gentleman's Agreement, Chinese Exclusion Act, Literacy Test
400
Describe four power sources that were developed during the Industrial Revolution
What is steam, coal, oil and electricity
400
Type of capitalism that lets companies conduct business without government intervention
What is Laissez-faire
400
Law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States (was not effective).
What is Sherman Anti-Trust Act
400
Inventor of Model T automobile and mass production/assembly line
What is Ford
400
Blending in with a new culture.
What is Assimilation
500
Who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad by performing the most labor intensive and/or dangerous tasks
What is Chinese and other minorities
500
Prices and wages are determined by COMPETITION (supply and demand).
What is Capitalism
500
DAILY DOUBLE: One of the 1st labor unions in the United States. Founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886
What is AFL
500
Transportation system designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes; Became necessary as cities grew during the 2nd I.R. in America (EX: street/cable cars & subways)
What is Mass Transit
500
DAILY DOUBLE: Helped immigrants get jobs, health care and education.