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alexander graham bell invention

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telephone

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edwin L. drake invention

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steam engine

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christopher sholes

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typewriter

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henry bessemer

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the bessemer process

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what did the light bulb do

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replaced oil lamps and gaslights

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what did the central power station do

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produced and distributed electricity affordably

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what did the telephone do and what did it impact

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enabled communication between two people and it impacted better communication

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what did the light bulb impact?

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enabled industry to grow

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what did the steam engine do and what did it impact

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it removed oil from beneath the earths surface and it impacted a oil boom that spread

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what did the typewriter do and what did it impact

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it sent messages over wires and it changed the working world

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what did the bessemer process do and what did it impact

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removed carbon from molten iron, creating steel

it impacted the production of steel

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thomas edison invention?

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light bulb and central power station

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liscense that gives the inventor exclusive rights to sell, make, or use an invention for a set period of time

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patents

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financial investors + american ingenuity =?

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NEW INDUSTRIES

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who improved the method for producing the filament in light bulbs?

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lewis latimer

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who invented the transformer, which generated more cheaply and allowed the electricity to travel longer distances?

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george westinghouse

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telegraph, and morse code?

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samuel morse

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morse code?

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short and long electrical impulses to represent letters

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what advancement company came in communication?

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western union telegraph company

20
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transcontinental railroad

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railway extended from coast to coast

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what was the transcontinental railroad funded by?

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the federal government

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what did the trans. railroad strengthen?

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the country’s economic infrastructure

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what happened to the immigrants on the transcontinental railroad?

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chinese, irish, dangerous work, low pay, deaths

24
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what did railroads and industry do?

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faster means of transportation
lowers cost of production
a model for big businesses
stimulation for other industries

25
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why is George M. Pullman a historical figure?

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  • gave employees new way of life, very strick tho

- strike came after he refused to lower rents when he cut employees pay

26
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act that reestablished the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities.

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interstate commerce act, this caused a long legal process and resistance from railroads

27
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andrew carnegie

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steel industry tycoon

he practiced vertical integration

28
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vertical industry??

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a process in which a company takes over its suppliers and distributors and transportation systems to gain control

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horizontal integration?

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companies producing similar products merge or are bought out

30
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john D rockefeller

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oil industry tycoon
practiced horizontal integration
standard oil company

31
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robber baron

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implies that business leaders built their fortunes by stealing from the public

32
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who was seen as a robber baron?

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rockefeller

33
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captains of industry

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helped the nation in a positive way

34
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who was seen as a captain of industry?

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carnegie

35
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made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between sates or with countries

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sherman antitrust act

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laissez faire=??

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allowed to be

37
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social darwinism?

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strongest businesses would succeed and increase wealth of nation without government interference

38
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division of labor?

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split tasks, increased efficiency

39
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socialism?

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a philosophy that favors public instead of private control of the means of production

40
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who started the socialism idealistic movement

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karl marx

41
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knights of labor

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organized men and women 
SKILLED AND UNSKILLED 
recruited african americans 
didn't strike 
did not promote higher wages
42
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American federation of labor leader?

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samuel gompers

43
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american federation of labor

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SKILLED people
excluded women and african americans
main focus was higher wages
relied on strikes

44
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eugene V. debs

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proposed new industrial union

45
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what was eugene’s new union?

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organized workers from all crafts in a given industry

46
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who started the american railway union and what was it about?

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eugene V. debs and it protests against wages and rights of all employees

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