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8th Grade History ch 5 Flashcards

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Who laid a transatlantic telegraph cable that link to the United States and Europe?

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Cyrus Field

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Who patented 35 inventions?

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Granville Woods

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Who built the model T and pioneered the assembly line?

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Henry Ford

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Who was the railroad Baron?

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Who was a labor union leader?

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Mary Harris Jones

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Who invented the electric lightbulb?

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Thomas Edison

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Who formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio?

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John D Rockefeller

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Who was a steel company owner and a great philanthropist who built more than 2,000 libraries worldwide?

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Andrew Carnegie

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Who developed railroad refrigerator cars?

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Gustavus Swift

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Who invented a small camera?

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George Eastman

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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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What encouraged the expansion of the economy?

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The fast-growing national rail system

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In 1881, a group of national trade unions formed what?

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The American Federation of Labor

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Who took Addison’s work a step further by developing transformers?

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George Westinghouse

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Thomas Edison’s electric power plant lit up how many buildings in New York City?

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85

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The steelworkers union dwindled after the failure of what?

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The Homestead strike

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Anti-labor feeling grew after the bloody clash in Chicago called what?

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The Haymarket riot

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The US Attorney General Richard Olney ordered an injunction to stop what?

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The Pullman strike

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What was passed for children working in factories?

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Child labor laws

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Where did the Haymarket Riot take place?

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Chicago

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Where was the site of the first oil well?

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Titusville, Pennsylvania

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What is the combining of companies called?

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Mergers

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What is the complete control of an industry called?

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A monopoly

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What are partial owners of the company called?

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Shareholders

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What are unions representing workers to management called?

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Collective bargaining

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What is the name of the railroad work song?

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John Henry

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What is the practice of combining separate companies in an industry?

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Consolidation

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What did George Eastman invent?

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A small camera

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What did Gustavus Swift develop?

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Railroad refrigerator cars

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What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

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The telephone

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Who was Eugene V Debs?

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A Pullman Strike leader

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How many inventions did Granville woods patent?

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35

33
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What did Henry Ford build?

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The model T

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Cyrus Field laid a transatlantic telegraph cable that link to what two countries?

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The United States and Europe

35
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What company did John D Rockefeller form?

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Standard Oil Company of Ohio

36
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Who ordered an injunction to stop the Pullman strike?

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US Attorney General Richard Olney

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What are shareholders?

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Partial owners of a company

38
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What are mergers?

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The combining of companies

39
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What is collective-bargaining?

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It is unions representing workers to management

40
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Titusville Pennsylvania was the site of what?

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The first oil well

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Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?

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A railroad baron

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Who pioneered the assembly line

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Henry Ford

43
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Who was a Pullman strike leader?

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Eugene V. Debs

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