Ch. 6 - The Second Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Made Pullman railroad cars
George Pullman
Meat packing business
Armour
Controlling companies that produce the product
Vertical Integration
The selling of goods to customers by mail
Mail order
Oil industry business mangate, considered to be the wealthiest man in history
JD Rockefeller
Early train for carrying materials from place to place
The Rocket
Formed to protect workers, by making days 8 hours long, safer working conditions, and end to child labor
Rise to Unions
The activity of looking at the goods displayed at shop windows especially without intending to buy it
Window Shopping
A road vehicle with four wheels is that gave a use for oil, replaced horses
Automobile
Exclusive control of an industry
Monopoly
Broadcasted church services, local news reports, music, and sporting events
Radio
The theory that only the wealthy will survive because they’re obviously the most fit to deal with the changing economic, social, or political climate
Social Darwinism
Adding sulfur to rubber to make it more durable
Vulcanized Rubber
Modified oil
Petroleum
Place to buy the latest technology
Sears and Roebuck
Farming device that cuts of crops when they are ripe
The Reaper
American transportation maingate who made a fortune by shipping, and the development of the railroad
Vanderbilt
Led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 1800s
Andrew Carnegie
Communism supporter
Karl Marx
Steamboat that prove that water transportation could be done
The Clermont
Birth of the idea that - More dangerous working conditions = Better pay
Adam Smith
Merging companies in the same industry
Horizontal Integration
Invents refrigerator car to keep meat fresh for longer
Swift
Cylinder shaped explosive
Dynamite