Industrial expansion and modernization

Applied English for History: Help with the reading assignment from Professor Jopp for Tuesday

Attached worksheet due in my box

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1	industrial expansion
1	transformed
1	harmful effects
1	modernization
1	self-sufficient
2	enormous
2	were taking over
2	gigantic corporations
2	people were losing control over their social and economic destinies
3	urbanization
3	the rise of monopolies
3	a helpless new dependence
3	consumers
3	at the mercy of
3	legal protection
3	defective products
3	impure drugs
3	contaminated foods
3	"out west"
3	unending supply of labor
3	people could easily be replaced
3	appalling exploitation
4	widespread reform

Name _________________________________

In your own words (do not copy words and sentences from the book that you don't understand):

1. Before the end of the 19th century, how were Americans secure?

a. Nearby shops made products people needed (shoes, tools, etc.)

b.

c.

2. What were the harmful effects of "rapid modernization" that people worried about:

a. There began to be large cities instead of so many farms

b.

c.

3. How had people become helpless?

a. There were industries that cheated people

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

j.

k.

4. At the end of the 19th century, many people were suffering because of growing industries. Why were these feeling dangerous?