industrialization Flashcards

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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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3
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christopher sholes

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typewriter

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4
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henry bessemer

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the bessemer process

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5
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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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7
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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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8
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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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13
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liscense that gives the inventor exclusive rights to sell, make, or use an invention for a set period of time

A

patents

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14
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financial investors + american ingenuity =?

A

NEW INDUSTRIES

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15
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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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16
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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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17
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telegraph, and morse code?

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samuel morse

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18
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morse code?

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short and long electrical impulses to represent letters

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19
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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

21
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what was the transcontinental railroad funded by?

A

the federal government

22
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what did the trans. railroad strengthen?

A

the country’s economic infrastructure

23
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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

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why is George M. Pullman a historical figure?
- gave employees new way of life, very strick tho | - strike came after he refused to lower rents when he cut employees pay
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act that reestablished the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities.
interstate commerce act, this caused a long legal process and resistance from railroads
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andrew carnegie
steel industry tycoon | he practiced vertical integration
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vertical industry??
a process in which a company takes over its suppliers and distributors and transportation systems to gain control
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horizontal integration?
companies producing similar products merge or are bought out
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john D rockefeller
oil industry tycoon practiced horizontal integration standard oil company
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robber baron
implies that business leaders built their fortunes by stealing from the public
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who was seen as a robber baron?
rockefeller
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captains of industry
helped the nation in a positive way
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who was seen as a captain of industry?
carnegie
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made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between sates or with countries
sherman antitrust act
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laissez faire=??
allowed to be
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social darwinism?
strongest businesses would succeed and increase wealth of nation without government interference
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division of labor?
split tasks, increased efficiency
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socialism?
a philosophy that favors public instead of private control of the means of production
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who started the socialism idealistic movement
karl marx
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knights of labor
``` organized men and women SKILLED AND UNSKILLED recruited african americans didn't strike did not promote higher wages ```
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American federation of labor leader?
samuel gompers
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american federation of labor
SKILLED people excluded women and african americans main focus was higher wages relied on strikes
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eugene V. debs
proposed new industrial union
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what was eugene's new union?
organized workers from all crafts in a given industry
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who started the american railway union and what was it about?
eugene V. debs and it protests against wages and rights of all employees