Origins of Industrialization
Before 1750, most people obtained food and household goods through
home production and local markets
James Watt is most closely associated with improvements to which technology?
The steam engine
Which piece of investigative journalism exposed the practices of the Chicago meat packing district?
The Jungle
Under capitalism, wealth tended to
concentrate in the hands of business owners
What were workers selling when they went to work in a factory?
Their labor
What drove people into the cities?
Job opportunities and/or being forced off of land by legal or economic pressures.
Why were textile machines important to early industrialization?
They showed how machines could increase speed, scale, and lower costs.
Who wrote The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
People being pushed out of their farms and into factories for work is which type of theme?
A. The relationship between economic change, agency, and coercion
B. Technological determinism only
C. Continuity of religious practices
D. The role of artistic movements in industrial towns
A. The relationship between economic change, agency, and coercion
What did Reformers argue city problems were?
1) Personal choices
2) results of the housing system
3) wages
4) cheap/poor infrastructure
How did Britain’s empire help its industrial growth?
By supplying raw materials and markets through colonial connections
Industrialization is best characterized through
The shift from hand-made goods to machine production, especially in factories
Who wrote an investigative journalistic piece exposing Rockefeller?
Ida Tarbell
What did regular factory work mean for workers v. farm work
regular wages but often harder and less safe working conditions
Many industrial workers were what group of people?
Immigrants
The growth of railroads during the 19th century primarily contributed to
rapid urbanization and easier movement of people and products
Which product industry was one of the first to industrialize rapidly?
Cloth production
Who did Teddy Roosevelt go on "Midnight Walks" with?
Jacob Riis
A major social effect of industrialization was
Rapid urbanization as people moved to cities for jobs
What incident during the Industrial Revolution became a national symbol of what could happen when safety is ignored?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911)
Which change to family life did industrialization encourage?
A shift toward the nuclear family with separate home and workplace roles
What did mass production do?
lowered costs and increased output
Jacob Riis took pictures exposing the living conditions in New York City. What was this piece called?
How The Other Half Lives
What was the urban problem that was highlighted as a public health concern?
Overcrowded tenements with poor sanitation and polluted water
What key factors increased deaths in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
Crowded workspaces and flammable materials.
Exits that were difficult to access; some doors were reportedly locked.
Inadequate fire escapes and limited emergency planning.