Vocabulary 1
Group of people who were journalists, photographers, and authors who published their work in order to raise awareness of social issues in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Muckrakers
is the process of moving to a new country, with plans to live there permanently
Immigration
What year was the 19th Amendment Passed.?
1919
Which industrial invention extended the length of the average workday?
Light Bulb
Like two others in this section, I was considered a muckraker. I wrote a book, The Jungle, which discussed the problems faced by an immigrant trying to get by after moving to the United States. Most people focused on my discussion of the horrible conditions in meat-packing plants, which was definitely pretty gross!
Upton Sinclair
a run-down and often overcrowded building divided into separate apartments for rent.
Tenement
is a process that happens in countries when they start to use machines to work that was once done by people
Industrialization
What Amendment Gave women the right to vote
19th
Children were often working in theses style of conditions?
Unsafe working conditions
I was a photographer who wanted to show the dark side of industry, specifically child labor. I made it my job to go into factories and take pictures of children working in dangerous conditions so that more Americans would stand up against this problem!
Lewis Hine
process in which cities grow and the areas around them also grow
Urbanization
workplace where workers toil for long hours and low wages under very poor conditions
Sweatshop
What did Henry Ford create to help mass produce the Model T?
The Assembly Line
What was the main goal of the Progressive Movement and the muckrakers who supported it?
to support the formation of labor unions
to improve conditions for working class people
to promote industry and the creation of monopolies
to end segregation in southern states
2. to improve conditions for working class people
I am an inventor, through and through. I invented or improved many things to get 1,093 patents, and I had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Although many remember me for improving the light bulb, my favorite invention was the phonograph!
Thomas Edison
complete control over a service or product within a certain area
Monopoly
group of companies that works together to control an industry and drive other companies out of business
Trust
A tactic used by the media during the Spanish-American War to extend the truth to make extra money?
Yellow Journalism
How did industrialization lead to urbanization?
(Hint: What were people in search for and where were they moving)
As more jobs became available, people moved to cities.
I was an immigrant who got into the steel business. My steel prices beat out the competition because I controlled so much of the process. Go Pittsburgh STEELers!
Andrew Carnegie
was a time when the manufacturing of goods moved from small shops and homes to large factories/took place mid 1800s to early 1900s
2nd Industrial Revolution
organization of workers formed to help them get better pay and working conditions
Labor Union
Why did men like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller want to create monopolies?
to eliminate competition and keep prices high
How did the United States benefit from the construction of the Panama Canal?
It made it quicker and easier to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Monopoly was my favorite game, and I can swim in my money like Scrooge McDuck because I controlled 90% of the oil industry!
John D. Rockefeller