Chapter 4 Flashcards
patent
gives owner exclusive rights over their idea/product
Lives controlled by?
the sun
Transcontinental Railroad and governments involvement
Coast to coast, loans and grants
George Westinghouse
Air Brakes
Grandville Woods
moving telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse
morse code
Alexander Graham Bell
Credited for inventing telephone
Edison
First convenient light , invented phonograph
Henery Bessmer
new process for improved steel
Bessemer Process
new process for improved steel, Mass production of steel, Brooklyn Bridge
John A Roebling
worked on suspension bridges with cables
Robber Barons
Made money any way possible
Captains of industry
Helped society
Andrew Carnegie
Captain of steel industry: cut prices and drove competitors out of business: Controlled every part od steel business
Gospel of wealth, Who invented it
Make as much money as possible then give it away not to a direct aid, Andrew Carnegie, helped society by helping institutions