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Unit 3
Industrial Revolution & Immigration Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did mass production help the Industrial Revolution? | It made large quantities of goods faster and cheaper. |
| Which is NOT an example of how industry in the late 1880s gave people greater access to all kimds of goods? | More goods were being invented and produced. |
| Which company was the first to use the assembly line? | Ford |
| Which inventor is associated with being the first to invent a telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Who were three (3) of the famous inventors of the Industrial Revolution | Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Samuel Morse |
| Who invented the electric light, phonograph, and movie camera? | Thomas Edison |
| In an agrarian society, what do most people produce? | agricultural products |
| Who invented an alphabet for the telegraph? | Samuel Morse |
| What was replacing workers on farms? | Machines |
| Skyscrapers are built with steel. Which businessperson would have helped to built a skyscraper? | Andrew Carnegie |
| What two groups moved to cities at the turn of the century? | farmers and immigrants |
| What was a result of the rise of big business in the late 1800s and early 1900s? | The U.S. became the world's biggest producer of manufactured goods. |
| What was one result of rapid industrialization and urbanization? | Cities became overcrowded |
| What is NOT one of the challenges faced by urban areas as a result of population and technological changes? | Fewer workers were available for factory jobs. |
| Cities on the East Coast grew during the Industrial Revolution. The growth in cities was mainly due to which factor? | The location of factories |
| Andrew Carnegie was best known for his involvement in which of the following industries? | Steel |
| How did men like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan become wealthy and captains of industry? | by controlling all aspects of the industry they worked in |
| Which was a major factor in causing urban populations to grow in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s? | Immigration |
| What was a common reason for people to immigrate to the United States? | to find political and religious freedom |
| What is one thing that African Americans, Hispanic groups, Chinese immigrants, and Jews had in common in the late 1800s? | Many faced prejudice and segregation in different areas of their lives. |
| What did Ellis Island and Angel Island have in common? | Both were immigration stations for immigrants arriving in the country. |
| Which government agency tests and monitors food and drugs? | the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
| What was the goal of the temperance movement? | to outlaw the sale and production of alcohol |
| The Eighteenth Amendment was passed in 1919, what did the amendment prohibit (stop)? | the manufacture and sale of alcohol |
| Why was Roosevelt convinced that he must break up trusts? | Trusts were driving out competition and charging unfair prices |
| Which is NOT one of the ways in which the Progressive Movement changed workplaces? | Children could work in factories as long as they attended school |
| (BLANK) is NOT considered an achievement of the Progressives? | Blue Laws |
| What are the Wright brothers accredited with? | The invention of the airplane |
| What does agrarian mean? | Farming |
| What does industrial mean? | Factory/Manufacturing |
| People were not allowed to enter the U.S. if they (BLANK). | Were sick Had prison records Had no money |
| What kind of neighborhood could people meet others who spoke their language, who ate the same foods, and often felt less homesick and less lonely? | Ethnic Neighborhoods |
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