Industrialization and Urbanization

What job did Andrew Carnegie do at 13 years old?

• shoe shiner

• bobbin boy

• coal mines

• street sweeper

Tom O'Donnel and Andrew Carnegie both had to work at a young age, why?

• There was no school

• They were already rich, they didn't have to work

• Their families needed the extra income

• They were useful for the coal mines

The production of goods by machines in factories is...

• Capitalism

• Industrialization

• Immigration

• Communism

The United States grew rapidly after what major event?

• Revolutionary War

• Mrs. Smith dropped the mike

• WWI

• Civil War

Railroads were___________to America's Industrial growth

• not important

• a blip/mistake

• airplanes were more important

• very influential

What made train transportation more efficient?

• Better train cars

• adopting a standard gauge for the track

• more coal for the steam engine

• more Irish workers

Cornelius Vanderbuilt was...

• a factory owner

• Head of the New York Central Railroad

• a lumber jack

• Head of the Pennsylvania Railroad

What helped increase the size of markets for factories?

• railroad expansion

• more expensive material

• less natural resources

• immigrants with no skills

A patent does what?

• protects against child labor

• increases natural resources

• measures the width of the railroad

• protects the right to make and sell a product

What does stock in a company give the owner?

• natural resources

• shares of ownership

• protection from bankruptcy

• total ownership of the company