Vocabulary
When a society moves from a primarily agricultural society to one based on the manufacturing of goods it is called
Industrialization
Along with the phonograph and the motion picture camera (movies), Thomas Edison also invented this.
The lightbulb
What industry is Andrew Carnegie associated with?
Steel/Carnegie Steel Company
What is it called when workers refuse to work in order to gain better working conditions?
Strike
True or False: Industrialization led to more people moving from rural areas to cities
True
An organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of its members is called
A Labor Union
Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of
The Telephone
What is the name of John D. Rockefeller's company?
Standard Oil Company
What is it called when the public refuses to buy products or services from a company until demands are met?
Boycott
What group most commonly provided labor for factories in growing cities?
Immigrants
What did Henry Ford invent?
The Moving Assembly Line
Leaders of American industry who gained great personal fortunes by means that some considered wrong and unlawful were known as
Robber Barons
Identify ONE negative effect of child labor
- loss of life or limb (fingers, hands, arms, etc)
- no education
- lower pay than adults
- other correct responses
What is one effect that the growth of railroads had on the US economy?
- Opened the western lands to settlement
- Created more jobs in the railway industry
- Made transport of goods faster and easier
- Other correct responses
Collective Bargaining
What was ONE way that the invention of the telephone improved American society?
- Communication was quicker/easier/more efficient
- Made the telegraph obsolete/less used
- Allowed businesses to grow
- Other correct answers
Leaders of American industry who built up the economy, created jobs, and donated their wealth with generous acts of philanthropy were known as
Captains of Industry
Identify TWO working conditions that led to the formation of labor unions
Low pay
Long hours
Unsanitary/dangerous environment
Child Labor
Identify one NEGATIVE effect of industrialization on American society
- Bad working conditions/child labor
- Crowded/dirty cities/pollution
- Government corruption/monopolies
- Other correct responses
A group of corporations run by a single board of directors is known as a
Trust
What was one effect of the invention of the moving assembly line?
- Cars were produced more quickly/cheaply/easily
- More Americans could afford cars/made cars more affordable
-Roads were built to connect cities to rural areas
- More jobs in factories
- Other correct answers
What was the name of the law passed by Congress to prevent big businesses from eliminating their competition?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Identify TWO accomplishments of the Labor Movement
- 40 hour work week/8 hour work day
- Minimum wage
- No child labor
- Labor Day
- Health benefits
- Safer conditions
Identify one POSITIVE effect of industrialization on American society
- New inventions/advancements
- More availability of jobs
- More affordable and accessible goods
- Other correct responses