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