Test will be MC, T or F, matching, and 1 written response for you to choose
First some "random" trivia that may help you, wink wink.
1) Textile mills were a driving force for immigrants coming to Charlotte during this time.
2) During this time period we talked about child labor started around the ages of 10-15 but children could begin work as early as age five.
3) Frances Perkins was responsible for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union
4) Thomas Edison created the lightbulb, kind of. He had one of the first four power plants in the world and in 1892 formed what would become General Electric (GE).
5) The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NEW YORK had a fire which brought safety codes to the attention of the public. In occurred March 25, 1911 and 146 people died as a result of the employers chaining the exits (they did this to prevent people from taking unauthorized breaks). Think about all the EXIT signs in our school. People died to get those put there.
6) There are 4 major time zones in the continental United States.
What should I focus on?
Captains of Industry/Robber Barons
1) Who were they?
2) What did they control? What main industries (steel, oil, railroads)
3) How did they make their money?
4) Vertical vs. Horizontal integration
5) Increased efficiency - Taylorism and the Assembly Line (and it's effect on Ford's production, wink wink).
Trusts vs. Monopolies
The Need for Labor Unions
1) Names of the main unions
2) Strikes, Lockouts, and Scabs Oh My
3) Karl Marx influence
Labor union leaders -
-who was the leader of what Union
-how did the leaders of these unions differ from each other (Debs and Gompers for example)
List all 5 reasons the US industrialized.
1) Better Transportation–Railroad
2) New Inventions
3) Access to Raw Materials
4) More labor–immigrants
5) Mass production
Industrial Revolution (IR) and its effects
1) What is the Industrial Revolution in a quick sentence? Meaning what did it do for mankind?
2) How did the IR change life in America?
Immigration
1) Who immigrated? (Hint! not the Mayans)
2) Where did they go?
3) What struggles did they have and why?
4) What did people here blame on them?
5) What did people here do to try and help immigrants?
6) Push/Pull Factors
Social Darwinism and the Response to it.
