1. Math
Enrich 6.3
***Quiz (Thurs) ch.6.1 – 6.4
Please bring in a pack of copy paper for handouts
2. SS
Study the study guide
***TEST on 3/7 (Mon) the below study guide was given to students today
Ch. 9 Study Guide
Ch.9
Vocabulary words:
Manufacturer
Employer
Labor union
strike
Tenement
Settlement house
Social worker
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Capitol
Suspension bridge
Skyscraper
Urban
Rural
Grange
Reform
Sweatshop
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Before the Industrial
Revolution
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After Industrial
Revolution
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-Many workers were
needed to harvest crops
-Neighbors lived far
apart
-Farmers paid high
rates for transporting crops
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-Steam-powered
machines meant few workers were needed
-Fewer people lived
in rural areas
-Grange formed to
provide education and social life in farm areas
-Interstate Commerce
Act made railroad rates fairer
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Many factors led
workers to demand reform in the workplace
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-Poor working
conditions
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-Death in the
Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire lead to reform
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-Unions represented
skilled male, women and unskilled workers
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Farm work
Advantages
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Disadvantages
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-Close to nature
-Being outside
-Being your own boss
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-Hard work
-Cold winters
-Lonely/isolated
-Hard to make money
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Factory work
Advantages
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Disadvantages
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-Regular pay
-Lots of other people
nearby
-Might be able to
join labor unions
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-Dangerous work
-long hours
-poor treatment by
bosses
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A few questions will be taken from p.250
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