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expansion of industry & gilded age Flashcards

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4 technological advances

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oil drill
electricity
telephone
bessemer steel process

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oil drill

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started oil boom

1859 - Edwin Drake

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electricity

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perfected incandescent light bulb

1876- Thomas Edison

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telephone

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patented talking telegraph

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell

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bessemer steel process

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remove carbon from iron

henry bessemer & William kelly

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6 factors that led to industrialization

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raw material
technological advances
growing of work force
rise of entrepreneurs
gov. policies
expanding makrkets
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4 effects of industrialization

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increase in wealth & lifestyle
middle class was born
competition & consolidation
gilded age

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what is the gilded age?

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growth of big businesses

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