Industrialization

What factor led many farmers, families, and young women to move to cities during the nineteenth century?

• the growing availability of factory jobs
• the constant fear of an influenza outbreak
• the declining interest in westward expansion
• the educational opportunities at free universities

Match the following innovations with their contributions to industrial production.

• Responsible for powering machinery and transportation

• Bessemer process

• Responsible for organizing labor in textile mills

• Lowell system

• Responsible for the increased production of steel from iron

• steam engine

• Responsible for separating seeds from cotton fibers

• Steel Gin

Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

• Samuel Morse
• Eli Whitney
• John Deere
• Cyrus McCormick

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel Morse
• Eli Whitney
• John Deere
• Samuel Slatter

 How did Railroads impact the economy during this time?

• Moved raw materials (steel, lumber, coal) to factories 
• Used to make artillery and weapons
• Provided money for other industries
• Materials were more expensive and quicker to ship

Who was Andrew Carnegie? (1835-1919)

• Built an oil empire
• Immigrant from Scotland, donated $ to libraries 
• Powerful Banker
• Powerful Railroad owner

Define a monopoly.

• A card game
• businesses that are owned by investors
• A company controls all or most of businesses in an industry.
• Poor families

Describe John D. Rockefeller.

• Built a steel empire
• powerful banker
• Owned Standard Oil Company 
• Had a steel Monopoly

Why was Thomas Edison such a big deal?

• Great Scientist-cured Polio
• Great Inventor - improved electric light 
• Great Doctor - invented liver transplant
• Great Teacher - taught social studies

How did the policy of laissez-faire contribute to the development of the free enterprise system?

• kept government from heavily taxing industries
• prevented Britain from taking natural resources
• decreased dependence on slave labor
• tight government control of factory profits