Vocabulary
To go from making things at home or in small shops using hand tools to making things in large factories using machines.
Industrialization
A large business owned by stockholders instead of an individual.
Corporation
The invention of this transportation helped to create a national market for products
The Railroad
This city was known for its booming hair product industry
St. Louis
Factories caused these changes to cities
Population increase, pollution, bad living conditions
(any of these answers earns the points)
Selling goods and services to the entire country instead of a small local area.
National Market
Shares of ownership a company sells to investors. Investors are people who want to be a part owner of the company.
Stock
Alexander Graham Bell invented this
What is the phone
Chicago
During Industrialization these people had to work in factories instead of get an education.
Children
(child labor)
To replace work done by human hands with the same work done by machinery.
When one company or person is the only one selling a certain product or service, meaning there's no competition.
Monopoly
Invented the telegraph
Who is Samuel B. Morse
New England was known for its mills that made fabric, also known as ______________ Mills.
Textile
When people refuse to work until their working condition improves
The production of large quantities of goods using machinery, often on an assembly line.
Mass Production
This company/person had a monopoly over the oil industry
This invention by Thomas Edison made it so factories could operate long into the night
What is the light bulb
Detroit
These began to form during the industrial revolution to help people get better working conditions
When a person or a country is experiencing enormous wealth.
Prosperity
This company/person had a monopoly on the steel industry
U.S. Steel/Andrew Carnegie
Assembly Line
Pittsburgh was had a large steel industry because of the presence of these natural resources
Coal, iron ore, and limestone
(can earn the points from saying just one of these)
This is taking advantage of people that work for you by making them work long hours for very little money.
Economic Exploitation