Vocabulary
Define child labor
When children are required to work, often long hours and in unsafe conditions, instead of going to school.
During the late 1800s cities were growing rapidly in ________.
population/people
Name an invention that helped people communicate
telephone
All children were able to attend school. True or false?
False
Who created the first telephone
Alexander Gramham Bell
Define factories
Large buildings where many workers use machines to make goods quickly.
Many people moved to rural areas to find jobs. True or False?
False
What invention replaced newpapers?
radio
Women and children were paid _____ than men.
less
Describe what the first telephone looked like
a cup like device connected to a device on the wall using a cord
Define rural
Areas in the countryside where people usually farm and live far apart, not in cities.
Name 1 positive impact on cities during the Second Industrial Revolution
1. Factories made a mass production of goods
2. Small businesses thrived
3. The middle class started getting paid more
Better communication helped businesses grow. True or False?
True
Name 3 social classes that were present during this time period.
High class, middle class and the poor
A time in the late 1800s when new inventions, electricity, and mass production greatly improved factories and transportation.
Second Industrial Revolution
Define industrialization
The process of changing from making goods by hand at home to making them with machines in factories.
Name 1 negative impact on cities during the Second Industrial Revolution
1. Air pollution
2. Overcrowded
3. Safety concerns on the job
4. Sanitation concerns
What device made it possible for people to hear each other's voice even when they were far apart?
telephone
Newspaper and radio
What was 1 invention in transportation that helped Americans thrive.
railroads
Urbanization
The movement of people from farms and rural areas to cities to live and work.
What group of people made up the majority of the population in cities?
Immigrnats
Give me an example of a primary resource that we have analyzed in class to gain knowledge on the telephone.
1. photographs
2. paintings
3. newspaper articles
Describe life working at a factory
1. assembly line
2. long hours
3. little pay
4. dangerous conditions
Advancements in transportation cause an increase in the ________ growth.
Hint. ESPN
economic