This person invented the assembly line
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison invented what?
The Lightbulb
What were the living conditions of cities in the early 1900s
Crowded
Limited Apartments
No Bathrooms
What an example of an item that is mass-produced
Any item that is made in a factory by the thousands
Assembly Line jobs were...
Monotonous and Borning
This person invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
This invention gave people access to more materials and bigger markets
The Railroad
This state-mined uranium
Utah
What are Robber Barons
wealthy, powerful, and unethical American industrialists and financiers
Jane Addams founded...
Settlement homes
Name the leader of the Oil Industry
Rockefeller
This invention made it faster and cheaper to mass-produce items
Assembly Lines
Which group of people experienced extreme discrimination in cities
What does suffrage mean
Suffrage is the right to vote
Political Machines gained power buy
providing immigrants housing and jobs in exchange for votes
Name the leader of the Steel Industry and the Railroad Industry
Carnegie for Steel
Vanderbilt for Railroad
What was the impact of the telephone
Allowed instant communication
Information spread faster
Deals/agreements were easier made
Which city was known for meatpacking
Chicago
What is a strike
A strike is a form of protest where workers refuse to work until certain demands are met
The majority of the people killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory were...
Young Immigrant Girls
The two women who led the women's suffrage
Susan B Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
True or False cars did not exist before Henry Ford invented them
False
Which city was known for steel-making
Pittsburg
What is a union
A union is an organization formed around specific jobs to protect workers' rights
Two reasons factories prefer to hire children
Cheaper pay
Small size
Less likely to strike