A New Industrial Age Flashcards

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How is steel made

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Injecting air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities making steel

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2
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What is the steel making process called

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Bessemers process

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3
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How did steel change American construction in cities

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Build bigger, taller, lighter buildings.

Eventually makes cars, boats, skyscRpers, bridges

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4
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Thomas Edison contribution invention

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Light bulb

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5
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Light bulb impact on American life

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Businesses open later, more work, more hours.

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6
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George Westinghouse invention

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Electricity

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Electricity impact on American life

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Safer less expensive, live and grow business wherever. Promoted outward spread of cities

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Christopher sholes invention

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Typewriter

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Typewriter impact on American life

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Affected office work and created new jobs for women. Writing letters became quicker and more uniform

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10
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Alexander graham bell invention

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Telephone

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Telephone impact on American life

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Easier to spread ideas over long distance
Faster,improved time spread of ideas
Easier to communicate with family

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12
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George Pullman

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Basically built a town for all the workers but he raised rent, cut pay, and had strict rules

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Interstate commerce act

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This act established the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities.

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14
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Credit mobiler

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Laid track at two times the price.

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Munn vs. Illinois

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The states won the right to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers and consumers

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16
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Positive to railroads

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Made local transit reliable and westward expansion possible
Dreams available
Employed Chinese immigrants
United nation

17
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Negative to railroads

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Harsh worker lives
Accidents and diseases disable and killed thousand me of men each year
Leaves farmers in debt

18
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What didn’t contribute to the industrial boom

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The growth of the middle class

19
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Time zones benefited who

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Railroad companies and train travelers

20
Q

Social Darwinism beliefs

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Applied to humans making it okay for rich people to not regulate businesses and or help people