Industrialization Flashcards
What city was the center of the meat industry?
Chicago
What was the railroad city?
Omaha
What region was the center of textiles?
North
What city was the center for the automobile industry?
Detroit
What were major inventions in transportation?
- Steam Boats
- Canals
- Railroads
- Refrigerated Railcars
- Better Roads
- Automobiles
- Airplanes
What is the definition of natural resources?
Anything that people can use that comes from nature.
Is it better to have more or less natural resources?
More because if you have more natural resources the faster your industry can grow.
What were some of the natural resources that that United States had?
- Iron Ore
- Coal
- Petroleum
- Copper
- Lead
- Wood
- Phosphates
Where were products made?
- Close to a work force
- Close to natural resources
What are agricultural areas?
Large rural areas where farming occurs.
What are manufacturing centers?
Places where natural resources are turned into finished products.
What is a national market.
Places where large populations want products.
How did advances and transportation link resources, products and markets?
- Made it possible to take natural resources to manufacturing centers to be used in making finished products
- Finished products could now be taken to national markets regardless of distances
Who invented the telephone and what was its impact?
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Could communicate between long distances
Who invented the phonograph and how did it impact people.
- Thomas Edison
- Could now listen to music in the comfort of your own home
Who invented the first practical lightbulb and what impact did it have?
- Thomas Edison
- Could light you homes without flames
- Could light your home after dark
What city was the center of steel production?
Pittsburgh
Who invented the fountain pen and how did it impact people.
- Lewis Waterman
- Better and more efficient writing utensil.