A Worker's Life

Question 1

Which of the following most accurately compares handmade products with mass-produced products?

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Handmade products are made slowly by skilled workers. Mass-produced products are made quickly by machines.

Question 2

What is one way that the system of mass production generally affected families?

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Instead of working together at home, families worked in factories.

Question 3

During the Second Industrial Revolution, which system of production dominated in factories?

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a system in which products were made rapidly by machines

Question 4

During the Gilded Age, industrialists got rich as the price of manufacturing products

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decreased because more products were made rapidly by machines.

Question 5

During the Gilded Age, the shift to a system of mass production that paid workers low wages affected

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men, women, and children.

Question 6

How did shoemaking change during the Gilded Age?

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In 1800, shoes were made by hand. In 1900, shoes were being mass-produced in factories.

Question 7

During the Gilded Age, people who worked in factories

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had to work long hours.

Question 8

Look at the graph. Which answer best interprets the information shown in the graph?

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The largest number of women worked as farmers or domestic laborers.

Question 9

As the economy grew during the Gilded Age, many workers and their families

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continued to have low incomes and could not escape poverty.

Question 10

Which of the following characterizes the role of women during the Gilded Age?

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Many women had more than one job in addition to responsibilities at home.

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