Agrarian to Industrial
What does the word agrarian mean?
To cultivate or farm land
This invention revolutionized the cotton industry
The cotton Gin
Name 1/2 problems concerning housing
1. Commuting
2. Overcrowded and unsanitary tenement houses
It was common for workers to work __ hours a day
12
Who founded Standard Oil Company?
John D. Rockefeller
What is an industrial society?
One that revolves around industry
This invention powered trains and factories
Steam engine
Name 1/3 problems concerning sanitation
Streets were filled with horse manure
Sewage flowed through the streets
Factories filled the air with smoke
It was common for workers to work __days a week
7
The Scottish-American industrialist who played a key role in the expansion of the American steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
To move from place to place in search of resources
Nomadic
This invention (of the time) improved communication
Telegraph
Name 1/2 problems concerning crime
Pickpockets and thieves flourished
Police forces were too small to handle the amount of crime
People formed these to protect workers and their rights
Unions
He organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African American labor union
Phillip Randolph
People started to_______ plants and animals allowing them to stay in one place rather than move around in search of resources
Domesticate
This invention brought light to daily life
Light bulb
Name 1/3 of the problems concerning fire
Houses were wooden
Kerosene heaters
Insufficient amount of firefighters
Name one union formed during this time
IWW
CIO
ALF
This man created the phonograph and motion picture camera
Thomas Eddison
Define Agricultural Revolution
The change from hunting large game to growing crops and domesticating animals
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Name 1/3 problems concerning water
There was rarely indoor plumbing
Water was unsanitary
Water was not safe
Describe the Haymarket Affair
People gathered to protest police brutality
A bomb was thrown into the police line
Police began firing on protestors
This man created the cotton gin
Eli Whitney