FEBRUARY 5 SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Refer to the first paragraph of your first page. These were all inventions during  the late 1800s and early 1900s during the Second Industrial Revolution, EXCEPT----

• ELECTRICITY

• STEAM ENGINE

• TELEPHONE

• AUTOMOBILE

Refer to the first paragraph of your first page. Who is the person who opened the first successful cotton-spinning mill in the United States in 1793? 

• Harriet Beech Stowe

  
  

• Samuel Slater

• Abraham Lincoln

• Francis Lowell

1. Based on the second paragraph of your source (first page), what did the merchant named Francis Lowell & his wealthy friends build in their factory? These were designed to weave cloth.

• power looms

• telephones

• electricity

• automobiles

Based on the first paragraph of your source (second page), what repercussions or negative effects happened to the employees/workers during the growth of factories? (Pick 3 answers!)

• Workers received low wages & had little/no legal protection.

  
  

• Workers, such as children, were employed & were able to work in small, cramped spaces.

• Workers had to work short hours in safe circumstances.

• Workers had to work long hours in dangerous circumstances.

Based on the second  paragraph of your source (second page) how many miles of railroad tracks did the United States almost build by 1900? 

These railroads helped American industry grow and develop.

• 322,000

• 12,000

• 200,000

• 22,000

Based on the last paragraph of your source (second page), these are all accurate and factual truths about the oil when it was discovered in 1859, EXCEPT—

• People used oil as fuel for lamps & to make machines work more smoothly.

  
  

• Americans found oil on the ground in Ohio.

• Oil became 1 of many goods that Americans exported/sold to other countries.

•   Oil was discovered in Pennsylvania. 

Based on the last paragraph of your source (second page), what was the advantage of using coal (i.e. What could coal do?) when it was discovered in the 1800s in Ohio and Pennsylvania?

• Coal could power zeppelins, which also needed ore, a strong material made mostly from underground.

• Coal could power train engines, which also needed steel, a strong material made mostly from iron.

• Coal could power steam boats, which also needed cotton, a strong material made mostly from plant.

• Coal could power hot air balloons , which also needed metal, a strong material made mostly from natural resources.