Focus on the Industrial Revolution

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

• increased population 
• low demand for goods
• oil 
• steel

Which situation brought about the rapid growth of industry between 1865 and 1900?

• high worker morale resulting from good wages and working conditions
• decline in the number of moving to urban areas
• establishment of western reservations for Native American Indians
• availability of capital (money)

Which of the following is not a cause of industrialization?

• Availability of workers in the cities
• Availability of capital
• Availability of man made goods
• Availability of natural resources

Which of the following statements best describes the United States at the end of the nineteenth century?

• Cities became much cleaner and safer to live in
• Americans did not want to expand to new lands anymore
• The nation had shifted from an agricultural (farming), rural economy to an industrial urban one
• Development of railroads got many people to move to Canada

Which of the following is NOT an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• higher wages

• pollution

• slums

• cheap products

The Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman strike of 1894 were similar in that

• both took place in Chicago.
  
• strikers fought Pinkerton guards in violent pitched battles at both locations.
• both started when management ordered pay cuts for some workers.
  
• both involved the American Railway Union.
  

In the 19th century, labor unions developed mostly in response to

• Racial and gender discrimination
• Poor wages and working conditions
• Increasing unemployment
• Government ownership of business

Organizations put together by workers to demand better working conditions and higher wages are called

• Communist Manifestos 
• Robber Barons 
• Labor Unions

What did labor unions try to achieve in the late 1800s?

• control of decision making for industries
• employee ownership of factories and mines
• elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace
• higher wages and better working conditions

A strike is a tool that _______ can use in order to _______.

• industrialists / drive down costs of production and make their products cheaper
• industrialists / pressure workers to work longer hours
• workers / pressure factory owners to provide better wages & working conditions
• workers / produce more industrial products in a shorter amount of time