The Growth of Cities

Poll

How are you feeling this afternoon?

• Great!!!

• Good!!

• Ok!

• Not good

Open Ended

What are fair working conditions?

DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF
INDUSTRIALIZATION AND

URBANIZATION.

Learning Target

EXAMINE THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF

URBANIZATION, INCLUDE: WOMEN AND

CHILDREN.

Success Criteria

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Multiple Choice

What was the biggest effect that new technology had on farm workers?

• Many workers lost their jobs.

• Most workers learned new skills.

• Most workers became more efficient.

• Many workers could earn more in less time.

Multiple Choice

Early in the Industrial Revolution, factory owners employed many

• women.

• children.

• miners.

• artisans.

Multiple Choice

What development most likely explains the information in this chart?

• People moved to Manchester from London.

• People moved to Manchester from rural areas.

• People moved to Manchester for farming jobs.

• People moved to Manchester for safe housing.

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for poor living conditions in cities?

• Cities didn’t care about the welfare of new workers.

• New workers could not adapt to living in city buildings.

• New workers did not clean up after themselves.

• Cities were not prepared for so many new workers.

Multiple Choice

The term slum means

• a noisy, busy city filled with many residents.

• a busy neighborhood with apartment buildings.

• an industrial neighborhood containing many factories.

• a crowded area with run-down housing and high poverty.

Open Ended

What was the main idea for the preceding passage?

Multiple Select

What contributed to poor working conditions for factory workers in the late 1800s? Choose three answers.

• fourteen to sixteen hour work days

• five day work weeks

• child labor protection laws

• unlivable wages 

• lack of personal protective equipment

Multiple Choice

Based on the graph, a conclusion that can be drawn about the textile industry is that

• textile factories employed more children during the mid-1800s.

• textile factories had safe working conditions for children.

• textile factories offered good pay and shorter hours to children.

• textile factories hired older and more capable children.

Multiple Choice

New laws that were passed during the Industrial Revolution helped city residents by

• creating more jobs for industrial workers.

• giving children the option to attend school.

• improving the standard of living in cities.

• enabling people to move to the upper class.

Multiple Choice

The shift toward mass production affected consumers by

• making goods less expensive.

• creating a greater variety of goods.

• creating fewer luxury goods.

• making goods that lasted longer.

Multiple Choice

During the Industrial Revolution, who demanded reform? 

• factory owners

• working class people

• professional people

• government officials

Open Ended

How did industrialization impact working and living conditions in cities?

Open Ended

Rate your ability to describe the impact of industrialization and urbanization and why