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Rise of Big Business Smart Board Sort
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Photo Analysis
Study each photograph. Identify the object and give a description, including what would be accomplished with that object. Write complete sentences.
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Assembly Line: A line of factory workers and machines used to put together a product. Products move from one person to another, each with a specialized task.
Mass Production: Making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply.
Groups / Advantages / DisadvantagesFactory
Owners / · Produce more goods cheaply.
· Less skilled workers needed = lower pay / · Less skilled workers needed = limited knowledge.
· Must be in total control of the assembly line.
Factory Workers /
· Any man could get a job in a factory assembly line.
· Specialized workers become very good at one thing which can make you an “expert” at that task.· Workers are dependent on each other. / · ______task would become tedious & boring.
· ______makes a worker very good at one thing which might make it hard to find work elsewhere.
· Now you are “just a worker” and become easy to replace.
· No ______
Consumer / · More ______
· More ______
· More access to goods they might not be able to buy. / · Quality of products might go down.
· No more unique, custom-made goods (craftsmen).
Industrialization Affected Life on The Farm Too!
Industrialization and the rise of big business influenced life in the cities, but it also affected life on the American farms.
Post Civil War changes in farm and city life:
1. Mechanization (the reaper) had reduced farm labor needs and increased production.
2. Industrial development in cities created increased labor needs.
3. Industrialization provided access to consumer goods (mail order).
Farming has changed over the years. Farm production in the United States has increased tremendously since the Civil War. Before the Civil War, each farmer in the United States produced, on average, enough food for four people (or enough for his family). Today, each farmer in the United States produces, on average, enough food for over 80 people. Farming has become huge, but the number of people needed to work a farm has become smaller due to mechanization.
From Agriculture to Industry
Directions: Label the picture according to the following instructions.
1. Label the RURAL/AGRICULTURAL area.
2. Label the URBAN/CITY area.
3. Label one example of MECHANIZATION (using a machine) that reduced the need for farm laborers.
4. Label two examples of INDUSTRY (big business).
5. Label the NATURAL RESOURCE (raw material).
6. Label two examples of improvements in TRANSPORTATION.
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