The Industrial Age

In the late 19th century, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased.

• Population centers shifted from the Northeast to the South.

• Restrictions on immigration created a more homogeneous culture.

• The United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional family farm.

Decide which quote supports labor unions:

Quote 1

“The working people find that improvements in the methods of production and distribution are constantly being made, and unless they occasionally strike, or have the power to enter upon a strike, the improvements will all go to the employer and all the injuries to the employees.”

Quote 2

“The strike is apparently hopeless, and must be regarded as nothing more than a rash and spiteful demonstration of resentment by men too ignorant or too reckless to understand their own

interests.”

• Quote 1

• Quote 2

• Both

• Neither

Industrialization in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was characterized by the rise of corporations and heavy industry. Which choices below represent effects of industrialization? Select all the correct answers.

• transformation (change) of the American economy

• shift from a predominance of agricultural workers to a predominance of factory workers

• shift from urban living to rural living

• more people living in crowded and unsanitary conditions

Powerful companies like Standard Oil that had control over the majority of the industry they were involved in and controlled many businesses related to their own can be called

• Labor Unions

• Monopolies

• Start-ups

• Urbanization

Identify causes of the US Industrial Revolution

• The growth of railroads

• Pollution

• Available workers

• New inventions and innovation

Who were the people known as "robber barons" by their critics and "captains of industry" by their supporters?

• Industrial workers

• Politicians

• Wealthy businessmen

• Labor union leaders

2 examples of natural resources are:

• iron ore.

• coal.

• steel.

• telephones.

One result of the increase in railroads during the late 1800s was:

• time zones were created.

• more people moved to farms.

• trusts & monopolies were created.

• all of the other answers are correct.

Monopolies and Trusts were created to:

• help workers get better working conditions.

• decrease steel production.

• eliminate competition.

• all of the other answers are correct.

The Transcontinental Railroad:

• was finished after the Civil War.

• was the first R.R. that went from the east coast to the west coast.

• connected to most other railroads directly or indirectly.

• all of the other answers are correct.