Exam 6: Everyday Labor in the Mechanical Age

Farm tenancy increased thanks to mechanization.

Mechanization in industry meant that craftsmen who had done highly skilled jobs were replaced by machines. This process is called

Many workers preferred factory work to domestic service.

Wheat farming was completely changed by mechanization.

Injuries and illnesses were common in factory jobs.

Farmers in the 19th century United States were

Even unskilled factory jobs were filled because they were considered

It is __________ to generalize about the changes that industrialization made to Americans.

Select the gender that corresponds to each task performed in 19th-century America: -_____ butchering animals

Mechanization allowed farmers to increase yields, which resulted in

Select the gender that corresponds to each task performed in 19th-century America: -_____ tending vegetable gardens

The largest single group of workers in the United States during the Industrial Revolution did

Mechanization replaced old skilled jobs without creating new ones.

Labor-saving devices __________ the amount of domestic work done by women.

The Grange was a __________.

To maintain a middle-class lifestyle, families required __________.

Most labor-saving devices invented during the industrial revolution reduced __________ work.

Select the gender that corresponds to each task performed in 19th-century America: -_____ gathering fuel

Select the gender that corresponds to each task performed in 19th-century America: -_____ cooking

Select the gender that corresponds to each task performed in 19th-century America: -_____ making shoes