This is the name given rich factory owners during the Industrial Revolution
Bosses
Titans
Managers
Robber Barons
The Industrial Revolution was a time when
People began manufacturing goods in factories, not by hand.
Alcohol was illegal in the United States.
Cars, trains, and planes were not invented yet.
Immigrants began coming to Ellis Island for a better life.
True or false: Andrew Carnegie invented the assembly line, which made cars more affordable for all.
True
False
This man invented the assembly line, which made cars more affordable for all.
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
John Rockefeller
Alexander Graham Bell
True or false: Working conditions in factories were disease-ridden, unsafe, and unsanitary.
True
False
Working conditions in factories were often
unsanitary
disease-ridden
unsafe
all of the above
Children were often used as factory workers because they earned low wages and were small.
True
False
Children were often used as factory workers because they
were small
earned low wages
all of the above
Workers began to revolt against bad working conditions in factories by forming
clubs
task forces
groups
unions
True or false: A strike is when workers riot to get what they want.
True
False
What is a strike?
When people start a riot to get what they want
When people stop working as a group to get their demands met
When people take down old equipment
True or false: The first great strike of the 19th century was the meat packing industry
True
False
The first great strike of the 19th century was...
the car factories
the railroads
the steel mills
the meat packing industry
True or false: The Haymarket Riots took place in New York.
False
True
The Haymarket Riots took place in ____.
Chicago
Boston
New York
True or false: 12 million immigrants came through Ellis Island.
False
True
