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Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

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8th Grade

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25 Slides • 38 Questions

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A key factor in the rapid growth of business

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lack of immigrant work

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advances in transportation

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high cost production

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continued government interference

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The mass production of goods by large factories resulted in

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greater costs for production

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less efficient means of production

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higher prices for customers

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lower prices for customers

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With industrialization growing rapidly, it

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forced people from the crowded cities

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created a need for more workers

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put an end to immigration

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encouraged business owners to start charities

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fabric that is woven
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technology
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textile
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economy
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industrialization

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Why were railroads so important during this time?
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they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
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they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
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people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

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Who invented the telegraph?
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Elias Howe
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Eli Whitney
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Samuel Slater
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Samuel Morse

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Which statement is true?

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Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution

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Work conditions were closely controlled by the government.

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There were no labor laws that prevented children from working

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Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly.

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What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 
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Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
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Morse code
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Internet
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Hydroelectricity

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What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?
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Go to war with Native Americans
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Own the land that they settled on after 5 years
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Establish the sharecropping system
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Make peace with the Native Americans

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What were Boom Towns?
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Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place. 
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Towns that were abandoned after the gold and silver mines were depleted.
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Towns where dynamite was found
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Towns where loud sounds were often heard.

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Multiple Choice

Which innovation used to make automobiles more quickly and cheaply revolutionized factories in all industries

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the elevator safety brake

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the assembly line

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the light bulb

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the refrigerator car

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Multiple Choice

Many factories used child labor because

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children could read and write better than their parents

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children were more efficient than other workers

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children could be paid less than adults

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parents wanted their children to have job experience

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The majority of immigrants coming to the U.S. chose to live

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on farms in rural areas

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in ethnic neighborhoods

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on the western frontier on farms

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in the surburbs

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Multiple Choice

Who created the Standard Oil Company?

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J.P. Morgan

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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John D Rockefeller

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Andrew Carnegie

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The 1886 Haymarket Square riot in Chicago led to the

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formation of the Knights of Labor

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widespread use of child labor

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decline of the Knights of Labor

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formation of the American Federation of Labor

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Multiple Choice

The AFL was different from the Knights of Labor because the AFL

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accepted both skilled and unskilled workers

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organized individual workers into one large union

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accepted only railroad workers

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accepted only skilled workers

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"You can have your car in any color, as long as it is black". Who said this quote?

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Henry Ford

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John D Rockefeller

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Thomas Edison

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George Eastman

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The development of the light bulb

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paved the way for the phonograph

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was Bell Laboratory's greatest achievement

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allowed factories to operate 24 hours a day

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was a breakthrough in mechanical theory

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Multiple Choice

The airplane was invented by:
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The Wright Brothers
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Thomas Edison
3
Alexander Graham Bell
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Mercedes Benz

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Multiple Choice

Why did immigration to the US increase in the late 1800s?

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Economic Hardship

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Political & Religious Persecution

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Adventure

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All of the above

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Materials that occur in nature that can be made into products to be sold

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labor

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manufactured goods

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natural resources

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Work or workers

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labor

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capital

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boycott

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Relating to the countryside

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urban

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manufactured

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rural

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Relating to the city

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urban

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rural

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agriculture

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activities related to turning raw materials into manufactured goods

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natural resources

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industry

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urbanization

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growth of cities and movement of people to cities

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urbanization

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rural

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manufacturing

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large building to house machinery that makes goods

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cottage

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factory

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urbanization

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related to farming

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urban

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industry

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agriculture

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switch from man made to machine made goods

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industrialziation

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ruralization

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urbanization

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related to machines, use of machines to make products

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rural

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mechanical

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factory

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Multiple Choice

The Industrial Revolution took place in:

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the country

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small towns

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big cities

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Multiple Choice

What happened to cities as the Industrial Revolution took over?

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people moved to the country

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they became overcrowded

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Open Ended

List one new method of transportation as a result of the Industrial Revolution.

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Multiple Choice

Why were working conditions so bad for factory workers?

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because all the workers were children

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because there were no laws to protect them

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because no one complained

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Industrial Revolution: Changes in Working Life

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Mills Changed Workers Lives

  • Mill owners could not find people to work in factories because other jobs were avaliable

  • Slater (mill owner) began hiring entire families

    • Filled labor needs at low cost

    • Adults and children worked in mills

    • Children worked for cheap allowing a profit

    • Rhode Island System: Hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks​

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  • ​Samuel Slater and his brother created a mill town Slatersville

    • Mill working families moved there to live and work​

    • Was a fully functioning town​

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Slatersville

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The strategy of hiring families and dividing work into simple tasks became known as the ______________ system.

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What problem did Slater have in his mills? How did he solve it?

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​This advertisement appeared in a Massachusetts newspaper in 1823 requesting that families come work at a factory.

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  • The Lowell System was based on water-powered ​textile mills that employed young, unmarried women from local farms. The system included a loom that could both spin threat and weave cloth in the same mill.

    • A chance to earn their own money

    • "Lowell Girls"​

  • Lived in boarding houses, room and meals provided

    Encouraged to take classes in their free time at the women's club​

  • Cotton dust began causing health issues​

The Lowell System

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  • Factories produced low-priced goods, hard for shops to compete.

  • Worker wages dropped, immigrants from poorer countries were willing to work for less

    • Financial Panic of 1837: many unemplyed competed for jobs​

  • Trade Unions: groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions

    • Employers didnt want to hire union workers= cost eliminated competition

    • Strikes: staged protests refusing work until demands are met

    • Police and courts generally suported factories, not those on strike​

Workers Organize

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Multiple Choice

Name of the system that employed unmarried women from family farms to run mills.

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Rhode Island System

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Lowell System

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Mill System

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Cabot System

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Where did the "Lowell GIrls" live?

A key factor in the rapid growth of business

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lack of immigrant work

2

advances in transportation

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high cost production

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continued government interference

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