Industrialization and Urbanization

The growth of cities is known as

• Urbanization

• Immigration

• Industrialization

• Town

Who was famous for founding Standard Oil Company?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D Rockefeller

• Harvey S Firestone

• J. P. Morgan

The influx of urban workers helped boom industry & modernize cities, but led to

• bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for whites.

• bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for African Americans.

• bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for immigrants.

• bad and unhealthy working and living conditions for everyone.

A monopoly is a company that has control of an entire __________.

• country

• industry

• city

• state

The production of goods by machines in factories is...

• Capitalism

• Industrialization

• Immigration

• Communism

Railroads were___________to America's Industrial growth

• not important

• a blip/mistake

• airplanes were more important

• very influential

What helped increase the size of markets for factories?

• railroad expansion

• more expensive material

• less natural resources

• immigrants with no skills

what is a strike?

• people are forced to stop working

• workers stop working so changes will be made

• when you miss the ball in baseball

• a vacation

Many of these new immigrants saw America as a “__________________________________________”.

• Land of Happiness

• Land of Chance

• A New Opportunity

• Land of Opportunity

What grew the most during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Cities

• Farms

• Rural Communities

• School Systems