3.1.1-3.1.7

Question 1

Industrialization

Answer 1

The process of everyday goods changed because they used to be handcrafted, then were mass-produced in factories.

Question 2

Industrialization’s Impact on cities and societies

Answer 2

“More Urban Nation” Workplace- speed of work, Culture- Diversity with Immigration, the Factorial System, Transportation- Railroads, Population- Rural to Urban

Question 3

Raw Materials

Answer 3

The demand for raw materials increased

Question 4

Henry Bessemer

Answer 4

Invented the Bessemer Process in 1850’s

Question 5

Bessemer Process

Answer 5

An inexpensive way to make steel, pour molten iron into a container and blasting with air

Question 6

George Stephenson

Answer 6

He built the first public railroad powered by a steam locomotive in 1829

Question 7

George Westinghouse’s Invention

Answer 7

He made an airbrake that could immediately stop a train

Question 8

Change from Iron to Steel rails

Answer 8

The change from iron to steel rails made rails stronger and broke less easily

Question 9

Transcontinental Railroads

Answer 9

Union Pacific and Central Pacific tracks went through Chicago and finished in 1869.

Question 10

Union Pacific and Central Pacific

Answer 10

The first Transcontinental Railroad

Question 11

Reasons Immigrants moved to the U.S

Answer 11

They moved because of jobs, money, political or religious prosecution, the Irish Potato Famine (Push and pull factors)

Question 12

Cyrus McCormick

Answer 12

Made the Mechanical Reaper, it could harvest large amounts of grain, in the 1830’s

Question 13

John Deer

Answer 13

Made the Steel Plow in 1836, Increased the amount of food in the growing season.

Question 14

Combine

Answer 14

The process included cutting grain, separating it from the main plant, and cleaning it up in one operation. This is the more efficient Reaper