History chapter 4 Flashcards
Transcontiental railroad
traviling across the country
Mass production
The making of great amounts of somthing
Patent
licesnse to make, use, or sell a invention
productivity
Amount of goods and services created in a givin amount of time
Bessemer process
improved way of making steel
Robber barons
Made money in any way possible
Captins of industry
helped society
What are some of the changes in the daily lives of people in 1850’s to the 1900’s?
People had to rely off of things like the sun for time, and they had no refrideratiors, not alot of inventions. Then in the 1900’s there was alot more inventions.
what is a railroad problem and what was its solution?
They had no gauges or signals, but then someone invented them
What is an invention that changed things in the 1900’s?
The telegraph because it helped trains have fewer accidents, since they could tell eachother where thay were
who invented the telephone?
Alexander Gram bell
Who invented the first conveninent light bulb?
Thomas eddison
Monopoly
complete control over a product or service
WHat was the Sherman Anti trust act?
outlawed any combinations of companies that restrained trade
Very few what moved to cities?
Africian american familys
