Moving and Growing
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, more people moved from ______ to ______.
What is from farms to cities?
He invented the incandescent light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This city became a center for U.S. steel production in the mid-1800s.
What is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
The invention that helped light homes and businesses at night.
What is the electric light bulb?
The main benefit of the incandescent light bulb.
What is lighting homes and businesses at night?
The period of big changes in factories and cities called ___________.
What is the Second Industrial Revolution?
He invented the first telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This place was the site of the first manned flight.
What is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
Henry Ford used this to build cars more quickly and cheaply.
What is the assembly line?
The main benefit of the assembly line.
What is making products faster and less expensively?
The number one reason people moved to the U.S. during industrialization.
What is new jobs?
The invention by the Wright Brothers that changed transportation in the sky.
What is the airplane?
The two natural resources that helped Pittsburgh grow as an industrial center. (one of these can be made into steel and one can be burned for fuel/power)
What are iron ore and coal?
The material that made tall buildings, factories, and railroads possible.
What is steel?
The main benefit of steel production. (What did we make with it?)
What is stronger buildings, railroads, and factories?
Workers formed these in response to child labor, long hours, and unsafe conditions.
What are Labor Unions?
The invention by Thomas Edison that made watching movies possible.
What is the motion picture camera?
This man made Pittsburgh a huge industrial center because of the Bessemer process he brought from England that made steel for buildings, factories, and railroads.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This is how workers specialized in Henry Ford's car factory.
What is a division of labor for producing cars where EACH WORKER HAD ONE JOB?
The main benefit of the telephone.
What is allowing people to talk to each other over long distances?
This holiday is celebrated in early September to honor American workers.
What is Labor Day?
The first machine that could record and play music.
What is the phonograph?
Put these in order to show how Pittsburgh became an industrial center:
A. Pittsburgh becomes an industrial center
B. Iron and coal are used
C. Steel manufacturing grows
What is B, C, and A?
These two improvements came from mass production on assembly lines.
What are more jobs and inexpensive products?
The main benefit of the airplane.
What is helping people and goods travel through the air QUICKLY?