Industrial Age Flashcards

1
Q

Who was Lewis Latimer?

A

He was an African-American inventor who played a key role in improving practical electrical lighting

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Who was Thomas Edison?

A

He was an Inventor of the electric light bulb and many other devices

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Who was Andrew Carnegle?

A

He built the U.S steel industry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Who was John D. Rockefeller?

A

He was the founder of the standard oil trust

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

A

He was the inventor of the telephone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is a business cycle?

A

The pattern of good and bad economic times

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What is a monopoly?

A

A business that gains control of an industry by eliminating other competitors’

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Who was robber baron?

A

A business leader who became wealthy through dishonest methods,

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What was the Gilded age?

A

Late 1800s era of fabulous wealth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What is Trust?

A

A legal body created to hold stock in many companies, often within an industry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What is a shareholder?

A

An investor who buys part of a company through shares of stock

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What is depression?

A

A period of low economic activity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What are patents?

A

Government documents giving an inventor the exclusive right to make and sell an invention for a specific number of years

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What is a corporation?

A

A business owned by investors who buy part of it through shares of stock

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Who invented the typewriter?

A

Christopher Latham Shores

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Who tried to steal Margaret Knights work?

A

Charles Anan, he claimed that he made it because “No woman could have made something that brilliant.”

16
Q

What are some of the causes for industrial growth?

A

Growing population, Natural recourses, Government support, Investment Capital, New inventions, Improved Transportation