Industrialization Vocabulary

A person who made excessive amounts of wealth and used unfair business practices while showing little empathy for the common worker.

• Captain of Industry

• Robber of Industry

• Robber Baron

• Captain Baron

Method developed to produce steel

• Pool

• Bessemer Process

• Rebate

• Stock

Leaders in an industry who commanded respect and were philanthropist in the community.

• Robber Baron

• Captain Baron

• Industrialist

• Captains of Industry

an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests in the workplace

Process by which the interaction of social and economic factors leads to the development of industries across a community, region or country

• Industrialization

• Agriculture

• Modernization

• Peripheral countries

The transition from goods being made by hand in the home, to being made by machines in factories is known as ​ (a)   .​

• Industrialization

• Manifest Destiny

• Cottage Industry

What does the word industrialization mean?

Which of the following best explains industrialization?

• Use of machines in production

• Specialization of labor

• Changes in how things were produced

• All of these answers are correct

America began​ ​ to make money from factories; manufacturing.​ ​ (a)  

• Industrial Revolution

• Reasons for Exploration

• Urbanization

What was the MAIN reason Pittsburgh became an industrial center during the late 1800s?

• It had a mild climate.

• It had rich soil for farming.

• It had good public education.

• It had good access to waterways.