A New Industrial Age Flashcards
How is steel made
Injecting air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities making steel
What is the steel making process called
Bessemers process
How did steel change American construction in cities
Build bigger, taller, lighter buildings.
Eventually makes cars, boats, skyscRpers, bridges
Thomas Edison contribution invention
Light bulb
Light bulb impact on American life
Businesses open later, more work, more hours.
George Westinghouse invention
Electricity
Electricity impact on American life
Safer less expensive, live and grow business wherever. Promoted outward spread of cities
Christopher sholes invention
Typewriter
Typewriter impact on American life
Affected office work and created new jobs for women. Writing letters became quicker and more uniform
Alexander graham bell invention
Telephone
Telephone impact on American life
Easier to spread ideas over long distance
Faster,improved time spread of ideas
Easier to communicate with family
George Pullman
Basically built a town for all the workers but he raised rent, cut pay, and had strict rules
Interstate commerce act
This act established the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities.
Credit mobiler
Laid track at two times the price.
Munn vs. Illinois
The states won the right to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers and consumers
Positive to railroads
Made local transit reliable and westward expansion possible
Dreams available
Employed Chinese immigrants
United nation
Negative to railroads
Harsh worker lives
Accidents and diseases disable and killed thousand me of men each year
Leaves farmers in debt
What didn’t contribute to the industrial boom
The growth of the middle class
Time zones benefited who
Railroad companies and train travelers
Social Darwinism beliefs
Applied to humans making it okay for rich people to not regulate businesses and or help people
