Second Industrial Revolution

What are three reasons people moved to the United States from other countries?

• Escape from religious persecution

• Escape unfair governments

• To discover new places

• Crop failure

Why do we celebrate Labor Day?

• To promote consumerism
• To commemorate historical battles
• To celebrate the end of summer
• To honor and recognize the contributions of workers and the labor movement.

What was one is NOT a reason that companies thought that children made great employees?

• They did not have to pay children as much as they paid adults

• They could let them nap at work when they got tired

• They could fit into small spaces in mines and factories

What new technology was improved by Thomas Edison in the 1880s?

• The automobile

• The refrigerator

• The incandescent lightbulb

Place the events in chronological order. Starting with what happened first.

• Americans need more steel for railroads, machinery, and bridges

• Andrew Carnegie visits England and learns about the Bessemer process for making steel

• Steel is used to build skyscrapers in cities and in factories and machines

• Andrew Carnegie opens steel mills around the country, supplying steel all over

Match the Inventor with the Invention

• Telephone

• The Wright Brothers

• Airplane

• Thomas Edison

• Light bulb

• Henry Ford

• Automobile

• Alexander Graham Bell

What did industrialization change for people living in America?

• Changed how people could make their homes

• Changed where they lived and worked

• Changed how they could practice religion

Match the cause to the correct effect

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• More railroads were built and connected to cities in America

• People moved away from rural areas

• New factories were built in urban areas

• Factories could ship goods all over

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What are two ways the invention of the lightbulb changed life in America?

• Helped with traffic control

• Businesses could stay open 24 hours

• Created more heat inside to keep people warm

• People could work at night

What were two of the biggest monopolies in the Gilded Age?

• Oil

• Railroads

• Games

• Restaurants