BCA: 3rd Grade: Social Studies: Chapter 9

Why do we celebrate Labor Day?

• to honor Veterans

• to celebrate the end of slavery

• to celebrate working Americans

• to celebrate independence

_______ - the money left over after a business have paid all its expenses

• profit

• invest

• innovation

• trust

______- glowing or white with heat

• industrialization

• incandescent

• innovative

• filament

How did railroads, oil, steel and coal help make America more modern?

• They became big industries and lead to greater industrialization.

• They led to more jobs.

• They caused a set back in industrialziation

• They cost America millions of dollars in revenue.

Factories could ship goods all over the country because _______

• more ships were built to transport cargo

• steel was made more available

• more railroads were built and connected cities in America

• new factories were built in urban areas

Which of the following is a reason companies though children made great employees?

• none of the above

• all of the above

• they could fit in small spaces

• they did not have to pay kids as much as adults

What new technology was improved by Thomas Edison in the 1880's?

• the telephone

• the incandescent light bulb

• the airplace

• the automobile

________ - company pay

• invest

• wages

• patent

• profit

A ______ represents the workers and the interests of their families. It tries to make deals with company owners for better wages and safer working conditions.

• labor unions

• labor movements

• monopoly

• trust

Which of the following is not a way access to automobiles impacted the way Americans lived?

• people have to live closer to where they worked

• jobs were created

• greater mobility

• transportation related injuries grew