Workers in the Industrial Era

Question 1

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 2

As a result of the system of mass production, the majority of factory owners

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replaced skilled workers with unskilled workers.

Question 3

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 4

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.

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