industrialization Flashcards
alexander graham bell invention
telephone
edwin L. drake invention
steam engine
christopher sholes
typewriter
henry bessemer
the bessemer process
what did the light bulb do
replaced oil lamps and gaslights
what did the central power station do
produced and distributed electricity affordably
what did the telephone do and what did it impact
enabled communication between two people and it impacted better communication
what did the light bulb impact?
enabled industry to grow
what did the steam engine do and what did it impact
it removed oil from beneath the earths surface and it impacted a oil boom that spread
what did the typewriter do and what did it impact
it sent messages over wires and it changed the working world
what did the bessemer process do and what did it impact
removed carbon from molten iron, creating steel
it impacted the production of steel
thomas edison invention?
light bulb and central power station
liscense that gives the inventor exclusive rights to sell, make, or use an invention for a set period of time
patents
financial investors + american ingenuity =?
NEW INDUSTRIES
who improved the method for producing the filament in light bulbs?
lewis latimer
who invented the transformer, which generated more cheaply and allowed the electricity to travel longer distances?
george westinghouse
telegraph, and morse code?
samuel morse
morse code?
short and long electrical impulses to represent letters
what advancement company came in communication?
western union telegraph company
transcontinental railroad
railway extended from coast to coast
what was the transcontinental railroad funded by?
the federal government
what did the trans. railroad strengthen?
the country’s economic infrastructure
what happened to the immigrants on the transcontinental railroad?
chinese, irish, dangerous work, low pay, deaths
what did railroads and industry do?
faster means of transportation
lowers cost of production
a model for big businesses
stimulation for other industries