IR Book Stuff
Industrial Problems
Inventions
Inventions II
Labor Unions
Railroads
Northern States
Current Events
100
What canal was dug in 1830 in New York that tied the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
100
How did natural resources determine economic activities?
Factories were built where there was an abundance of natural resources.
100
He invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney
100
He invented the lightbulb an about a million other things!
Thomas Edison
100
Workers joining together to demand better pay and working condition
Unions
100
What were some of the problems with early railroads?
They were dirty, not always safe, they broke down, and they set things on fire!
100
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Vermont
100
This National Park in Florida is currently on fire.
What are the Everglades?
200
The main source of power for factories before 1800
Water or powered by fast flowing streams
200
Name for the poor, cheap housing in city centers where many Industrial factory workers lived.
What are tenements?
200
Alexander Graham Bell invented this.
What is the phone
200
Invented and created during the Industrial Revolution, this advancement allowed for large scale shipping of (a) raw materials such as cotton to factories, and (B) the shipping of finished goods to ports, which were then sent for huge profit around the world.
Railroads
200
What small group of people made up the upper class during the Industrial Revolution?
Factory Owners
200
Who had more RR's, North or South?
North
200
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New Jersey
200
We are currently at "War" with this country.
What is Iran?
300
The movement of the population from the farm areas to the cities is known as ________________.
Urbanization
300
What disease became epidemic in NYC as a result of the polluted drinking water?
What is Cholera?
300
He invented the telegraph
Who is Samuel B. Morse
300
This is the primary reason why women were hired in factories during the Industrial Revolution
They were paid less than men
300
The kind of people who made up the middle class during the Industrial Revolution
Factory managers
300
How did RR make America a more productive society?
They transferred raw and finished goods quickly, it created new towns, and it made everybody more competitive!
300
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Connecticut
300
This Rocket just got back from a historic trip around the moon's "Dark Side"
What is Artemis II
400
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
What is by hand
400
The invention of the cotton gin lead to the growth of what in the South?
Slavery
400
Any good that is made from cloth or fiber
Textiles
400
Who invented the Safety Elevator?
Who is James Otis
400
The amount of hours that people worked in factories and how many days
12-14 hours a day, 6 days a week
400
Mass producing what product made the building of RR's and skyscrapers practical and affordable.
What is steel!
400
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Iowa
400
The vice president of the United States who has been negotiating for a peace deal with the country we are at war with.
Who is JD Vance?
500
What was the primary source of oil for America prior to 1800?
What are Whales?
500
What 3 issues did workers fight for when joining labor Unions?
Higher pay, shorter hours, and better working conditions.
500
A row of machines and workers in a factory which a product moves along while it is being built or produced is known as an __________________.
What is an assembly Line
500
In what decade were factories starting to use steam power?
1830's
500
2 reasons why children were employed during the Industrial Revolution
(1) paid them less than men and (2) could fit into tight spaces when needed to fix machines
500
Burning this made water become steam in the early locomotives.
What is coal?
500
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Delaware
500
What major football event is taking place this weekend?
What is the NFL Darft - Boo-ya!