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Inventors & Inventions
Industriousness
People And Population
Industry and Production
Creating Infrastructure
Gov, Big Bizzness & Stuff
Urbanization
100
Who created the first manufactured light bulb and invented the electrical lighting system?
Thomas Edison
100

Which word is used to describe the time period when the United States moved from farming to producing goods in industries?

industrialization

100
Which group of workers started industrialization in the United States by being the first people to work in factories?
women
100
Which of the following is a technique used in mass production where groups of workers perform one small task in assembling a product then pass the product to the next group to perform a different task until the product is completely assembled?
assembly line
100

Celebrated with a golden spike in 1869, this achievement helped unify regional markets and accelerate American industrial growth.

Transcontinental Railroad

100

This term describes a business that controls an entire industry.

Monopoly

100

This term describes the growth of cities as people moved from rural areas for factory jobs.

Urbanization

200
Who invented the cotton gin which was the first machine used to process a natural resource into a raw material and used gun manufacturing to convince U.S. leaders that interchangeable parts would work in manufacturing?
Eli Whitney
200

What was the stage of industrialization that introduced the first electrical products, manufactured cars the invention of the airplane, and made major innovations in mass production?

The Second Industrial Revolution (Mass Production)

200

Which group of workers helped industries grow and expand by moving to America from other countries and getting jobs in American industries?

immigrants

200

This system moved work from homes into large buildings with machines.

Factory System

200
Sewer systems, bridges, railroads, roads, power stations, and canals are all examples of ____________.
infrastructure
200

This late-1800s belief claimed that wealth and success were signs of natural superiority during industrialization.

Social Darwinism

200

These overcrowded apartment buildings housed many working-class families in industrial cities.

Tenement Buildings

300
Who worked to end child labor by taking pictures of children working in industry jobs?
Lewis Hine
300

What was the stage of U.S. Industrialization where inventions and innovations occurred in textiles, agriculture, iron, and steam engine technologies?

The First Industrial Revolution (Mechanization)

300
What term describes a situation where workers stop doing their job in order to get their boss to raise wages, reduce working hours, or improve working conditions?
strike
300
Producing a large number of an item using assembly lines, interchangeable parts, and division of labor is called __________________.
mass production
300

Widely produced by Carnegie’s company, this material became the backbone of industrial construction in the United States.

steel

300

This term describes the idea that government should stay out of the economy and let businesses operate freely.

laissez-faire

300

As factories drew thousands of new workers into cities, this condition developed when housing and city services failed to keep pace with population growth.

Overcrowding

400

This business leader believed that higher wages and efficient production would allow workers to become consumers, helping create a mass consumer economy.

Henry Ford
400

How did American industrialization begin?

Samuel Slater brought the factory system idea over from England and opened up the first textile mills in the U.S.

400

Many immigrants entering the U.S. on the East Coast in the late 1800s passed through Ellis Island in NYC, what was the West Coast location?

Angel Island

400
What was the first reliable power source created in the First Industrial Revolution?
steam engine
400
What was the most important primary energy source during U.S. industrialization?
coal
400

This business strategy involved controlling every step of production, from raw materials to distribution.

Vertical Integration

400

This factor best explains why urban problems grew faster than city governments could solve them.

Rapid Population Growth

500

By blowing air through molten iron, this technique dramatically lowered the cost of steel and helped fuel the expansion of railroads and skyscrapers.

Bessemer Process

500
What was the stage of industrialization that introduced digital, computer, internet, and robotics technologies?
The Third Industrial Revolution
500

What was the first successful labor union, ran by president Samuel Gompers, that only allowed skilled workers to become members?

American Federation of Labor OR AFL

500

This long-term result of industrial economic growth made the United States a leading world economy by the early 1900s.

Industrial Power
500

This innovation allowed industrial cities to expand upward rather than outward, reshaping urban skylines.

The Elevator

500

This 1890 law was created to limit monopolies and restore competition in business.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

500

This reform movement emerged in response to the problems caused by rapid urban growth in the late 1800s 

HINT: It is the topic of our next unit.

The Progressive Movement