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