The Industrial Revolution Game

Who made the Oil Refinery?

• Henry Ford

• John Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

Who was J.P. Mogan?

What were some of the things that made cities filthy?

• Rotten food

• Many diseases

• People and animals dead everywhere

• Trash everywhere

Who made the first railroads?

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Henry Ford

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• JP Morgan

What were some of problems with the working conditions?

• Little or no pay

• Did not stop to eat

• Women required to work while pregnant

• Had space to work

True or False:

Workers had to work 7 days a week in the coal mine.

• True

• False

How many deaths were there in the coal mine in a year?

How many children died in the coal mine in a year?

What did the big businesses do to the small businesses?

• Take them over

• Help them

• Sabotage them

• Make their business seem very poor

Short Answer:

What do you think would happen if Vanderbilt and Carnegie started working together?