Industrialization in the US

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  1. 5. Sometimes individuals in the U.S. sent _____ to their relatives to get them to come to America.
  2. 7. White-collar jobs now required an _____.
  3. 11. It was this _____ that meant the railroad would eventually reach ranchers, farmers, and factory owners in various rural locations.
  4. 13. During the 1870s and 1880s _____ Americans experienced some of the worst discrimination in the nation.
  5. 14. _____ helped to stabilize buildings as well as create machinery.
  6. 16. The lack of workers rights and hazardous conditions of the time led to thousands of _____ near the end of the 1800s.
  7. 19. The U.S. had abundant _____ resources such as flowing rivers that could be used to harness water power.
  8. 23. In 1866 the National Labor _____ was formed.
  9. 24. Raw materials were not the only component involved in industrialization _____ was the other major element involved in the equation.
  10. 26. John D Rockefeller used _____ integration in his business model.
  11. 28. Samuel _____ believed that skilled workers should remain in skilled positions.
  12. 30. Railroads could reach _____ miles per hour, which greatly reduced the time it took to get from one place to another.
  13. 31. One of the worst strikes that ever took place happened in 1892 near Pittsburgh at _____ Steel Mills.
  14. 32. _____ was also difficult because the pump for water was usually outside.
  15. 33. Before new immigrants arrived in America individuals with _____ tended to live in the cities.
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  1. 1. President _____ sent troops to crush the strikers and violence took over the area.
  2. 2. There was plenty of labor in the us at this time because of _____.
  3. 3. Associations such as the American Bar Association and the American _____ Association created requirements for their memberships.
  4. 4. Generally _____ tended to dictate what forms of work an immigrant could do.
  5. 6. The larger a company became the more _____ positions were sought.
  6. 8. In 1890 more than 10 percent of college graduates were _____, in 1900 nearly 20 percent were college graduates.
  7. 9. Black individuals faced the worst of the living conditions but still created _____ and communities that provided support.
  8. 10. Communication and _____ also helped the nation to industrialize quickly.
  9. 12. Women with _____ time joined charity groups, various clubs, and literary societies.
  10. 15. _____ percent of children between the ages of eight to fourteen had to go to work.
  11. 17. There was quite a high death rate within the urban areas as indoor _____ opened up to alleyways.
  12. 18. Most industry was located in the _____.
  13. 20. Every year over _____ thousand workers died in factories due to accidents.
  14. 21. Immigrants made up more than _____ percent of the population.
  15. 22. Up until 1880 a majority of immigrants came from Britain, Ireland, and Germany. These were called _____ immigrants.
  16. 25. Coal was used to create energy even though it produced massive air _____.
  17. 27. It was in 1886 that the _____ of labor gained the greatest amount of union members.
  18. 29. Companies knew that they could become wealthy by building tracks to gain _____ and therefore created tracks that had no logical reasoning for their placement.