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Revolution's Beginning
City Life
Factory Life
Major Inventions
Robber Barons and Captains of Industry
100
Before the American Industrial Revolution, most people worked as____________.
What are farmers?
100
City streets during the IR had no ___________ to carry away water and garbage.
What are drains/drainage systems?
100
Other than men, what other individuals were workers during this time period?
Who are women and children?
100
Roads during the Industrial Revolution changed from being dirt to being what?
What are paved?
100
This term is applied to owners who exploited workers, corrupted the government and were greedy.
What are Robber Barons?
200
The American Industrial Revolution occurred primarily in this century: _______________.
What is the 19th century?
200
Most people lived in what kinds of buildings?
What are apartment buildings?
200
Describe the rights given to factory workers during the IR.
There really weren't any during the beginning of the IR. Women and children had to work long hours for little pay.
200
Instead of using sails and wind power, what new invention did boars use to help them move?
What are steam engines?
200
This term is applied to owners who created jobs, increased production, and gave money back to the community
What are Captains of Industry?
300
During the Industrial Revolution, most people are moving from rural areas to what kind of areas?
What are urban (city) areas?
300
Problems people faced in their living conditions when they lived in cities during the IR?
What is disease, overcrowding, limited education, no police protection.
300
What were working conditions like in the factories?
Incredibly dirty and dangerous. People often got sick and injured.
300
This invention helped farmers and businesses move items they made around the country faster and farther.
What are railroads?
300
What is the most crucial fact about the American Industrial Revolution?
400
The term used to describe the period when new inventions were created to, in some cases, improve people's lives.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
Cities began to face this more and more as people rapidly moved into cities and could not find places to live?
What is overcrowding?
400
At what age could children begin working?
What is age 6?
400
This invention helped build cities, primarily buildings, and resulted in large profits for the inventor.
What is steel?
400
This term applies to when a business or trust owns a majority of a product and is able to unfairly dictate prices.
What is a monopoly?
500
The Industrial Revolution first began in this country: _______________.
What is England?
500
The process by which people relocated from rural areas to urban areas is known as _______________.
What is urbanization?
500
How many hours in a work week could workers expect to work during the IR?
What are up to 72 hours?
500
This discovery revolutionized travel for modern communities and resulted in drastic profits for the inventor.
What is oil refining?
500
What two businesses yielded the most profits during this time period?
What is steel (Carnegie) and oil (Rockefeller)?