Industrialization

Working Conditions

100

This term is used to describe the period of time when new inventions are created that impact growth and development in a country on a wide scale.

What is industrialization

200

Describe worker's rights during the start of industrialization.

There were no rights. 

300

Describe working conditions in factories. 

What is dirty, dangerous, and gross

400

Prior to labor reforms, you had to be this age to start a job.

What is 6 years old

500

Double Jeopardy


Prior to labor reforms, you may be expected to work this many hours a week. 

What is between 48-72 hours

Politics

100

This party focused on reforms that helped farmers. 

What is the Populist party

200

This party focused on labor reforms for urban areas. 

What are the Progressives

300

This political party came first during America's industrialization. 

What are the Populists

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

This movement debated if imperialism could happen at the same time it happened. 

What is Progressivism

500

William Jennings Bryan ran on this political campaign, championing for financial change. 

What is the silver standard or free silver

Moving

100

Before industrialization, this was the primary industry.

What is agriculture

200

During American industrialization, most people moved from rural areas to this place.

What are urban areas/cities

300

Double Jeopardy

City streets during early industrialization had none of this to clear away water and waste. 

What are drains

400

This kind of housing was often cheap, dangerous, and packed with relatives.

What is tenement housing

500

Name some of the problems people faced in living conditions.

What is disease and overcrowding

Major Inventions

100

This new invention impacted both the development of trains and manufacturing. 

What is steam engines

200

This new invention moved items around the country faster and farther. 

What are railroads

300

This invention is now kept within your pocket. 

What is the telephone

400

This new invention helped build buildings and led to lots of cash money for the inventor.

What is steel

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

True or False: A horse once beat a train in a race. 

What is true

Industries

100

Name the industries we studied during this unit.

What is oil, steel, meatpacking, and textiles?

200

This industry's sus practices led to the Food and Drug Act.

What is the meatpacking industry?

300

These authors famously wrote to expose the corruption in big business. 

What is muckrakers

400

This term applies to a business or trust that owns a majority of a product and is able to dictate prices. 

What is a monopoly?

500

What two industries yielded the most profits during this time period?

What is steel and oil?