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Unit 1: Industrialization Flashcards

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What did Thomas Edison’s invention do?

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Ran numerous machines

manufacturers located their plants wherever they wanted

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What was the impact of Thomas Edison’s invention?

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Convenient source of energy became available in homes and spurred the invention of time-saving appliances created (new jobs for women)

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What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

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Telephone

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What did Alexander Graham Bell’s invention do?

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Made communication easier and quicker

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What kind of impact did Alexander Graham Bell’s invention have on society?

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Much faster way to communicate even NOW

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What was Edwin L. Drake’s invention?

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He had a breakthrough when he successfully used a steam engine

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What did Edwin’s breakthrough discover?

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Removing oil from the ground became practical

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How did this breakthrough impact society?

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An oil boom spread through five states

oil&raquo_space;> gasoline

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What did Christopher Sholes invent?

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Typewriter

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What did Christopher Sholes’ invention do?

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Documents and letters that may have been hand-written were now typed

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What was the impact of Christopher Sholes’ invention?

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Made office and factory jobs more efficient

created new jobs for women

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What did Henry Bessemer create?

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The Bessemer Process

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What did the Bessemer Process do?

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Removed carbon and other impurities from iron to make steal

It was lighter and flexible

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What was the impact of the Bessemer Process?

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90% of the nation’s steal was being made by this

replaced by the open-hearth process

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Patents–

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

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16
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What did business leaders invest in?

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New inventions

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17
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Financial investors and _________ _________ created new industries!!

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American Ingenuity

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18
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By the 1900s American standard of living was what?

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Highest in the world

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19
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What increased in the 1900s?

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Immigration urbanization

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Individuals’ daily lives changed–

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  • Night/day (work less, more leisure time)

- Refrigeration: preserved food more efficiently

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Transformation in the workplace–

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-Helped to improve the productivity of the business world
Example: sewing machines
-Created new jobs

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22
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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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What did George Westinghouse known for?

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The alternating current and the “transformer”

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What was the alternating current?

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Generated more cheaply and travel longer distances

25
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What was named after George Westinghouse?

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General Electric & Westinghouse Electric

26
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What advancements did Samuel Morse contribute to new communication?

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Perfected sending messages over the wires

27
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Morse Code–

A

Short and long electrical impulses to represent letters

28
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Other communication advances–

A

Telegraph (Western Union Telegraph Company)

29
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Transcontinental Railroad–

A

Railway extended from coast to coast

30
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Transcontinental railroad was funded by ___________ _____________.

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Federal Government

31
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What did the railroad strengthen?

A

The country’s economic infrastructure

32
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Huge loans were given to what railroads?

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Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad

33
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The _________ and _________ immigrants had dangerous work and low-pay

A

Chinese, Irish

34
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How did railroads and industry revolutionize business and industry?

A
  • Faster/more practical means of transporting goods
  • Lowers costs of production
  • Creation of national markets
  • A model for big business
  • Stimulation for other industries
35
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What was the transcontinental railroad?

A

A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States

36
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Why was the transcontinental railroad important to the United States?

A

They were able to travel farther distances for war

37
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Problems employees of the railroad companies faced–

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  • attacks by Native Americans
  • accidents
  • diseases
  • weather conditions
  • geography
38
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Pullman employee in the Town of Pullman–

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  • lived in clean, well-constructed brick houses with at least one window
  • had doctors offices, shops, and athletic field
  • company controlled&raquo_space;> led to strikes
39
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Why is George Pullman a significant figure in history?

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He demonstrates how the desire for control and profit could lead to self-serving corruption

40
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Companies use their power to hurt farmers

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  • misuse of land grants
  • entered into formal agreements&raquo_space; helped keep farmers in their debt
  • charged different people different rates
41
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Interstate Commerce Act–

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Reestablished the right of the federal government to supervise railroads

42
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Who is the Steel Industry Tycoon?

A

Andrew Carnegie

43
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Because of the success due to management practices…

A

Andrew Carnegie made better products more cheaply

44
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What did Andrew Carnegie practice?

A

Vertical Integration

45
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What is vertical integration

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A process in which a company takes over its suppliers and distributors and transportation systems to gain total control over quality and cost of its products

46
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What is horizontal integration?

A

Companies producing similar products merge or are bought out
(creates a monopoly or trust)

47
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Who was the Oil Industry Tycoon?

A

John D. Rockefeller

48
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What did John D. Rockefeller practice?

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Horizontal integration

49
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What was John D. Rockefeller’s strategy?

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Bought put all of his competitors through trusts

50
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John had complete control over what?

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  • production
  • wages
  • prices
51
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What company did John D. Rockefeller start?

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The Standard Oil Company

52
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What is a Robber Baron?

A

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

53
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What did a Robber Baron do?

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  • drained the economy of its natural resources

- bribed and “persuaded” government officials to side in their favor

54
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Who was known as the Robber Baron?

A

John D. Rockefeller

55
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What helped the nation in a positive way?

A

The Captains of Industry

56
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What did the Captains of Industries do for society?

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  • created jobs and expanded markets

- raised the “standard of living” for Americans

57
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What kind of people were the Captains of Industry also known as?

A

Philanthropists

58
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Who was seen as the Captain of Industry?

A

Andrew Carnegie

59
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What was Thomas Edison’s invention?

A

Light bulb and system for producing and distributing electrical power

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