Unit 2 Test Flashcards
second industrial revolution
1850 - 1945
mass production
it enabled workers to produce more goods per day at a lower price.
assembly line
created by Eli Whitney, a way to produce more goods per day at a lower cost
Alexander Graham Bell
In 1876, Bell made the industry more efficient and competitive (go back to notes)
Bessemer Process
idk, its in my textbook (less expensive steel process that Andrew Carnegie brought to US?)
Orville and Wilbur Wright
In 1903 they had the first airplane flight, it was 12 seconds. the plane was industrialized in the 1920s for the postal service
Henry Ford
model t
- automobile
- made by Henry Ford in 1908
- Ford motor company
- 15 million made
- used assembly line style
- after assembly line
- Price went down - affordable - used to be diff colors
- changed during mass production - diff types of automobiles
-5 seat touring car
-7 seat town car
- 2 seat runabout - Orig. model
- 22- horsepower
- Four cyl. Engine
- Weighed 1,200 lbs
- 10 gal fuel tank
- Top speed
- 35-40 mph
Thomas Edison
1876 - he made the ‘invention factory’
invented lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture projector, etc
by 1900, Edison had made electricity (electric power) normal.
Gilded Age
Mark Twain gave the name gilded age to 1860-1892 because of the extreme amt of wealth in the US
robber barons
term given to wealthy business owners who use unethical means to make money and get power
(negative connotations)
ex: john d rockefeller, andrew carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
iron was primarily used, but steel was stronger than iron. steel was difficult and costly to make. Carnegie brought the Bessemer Process to the US, which was a less expensive way of making steel.
Carnegie then bought all the other steel companies and became Carnegie Steel Co.
John D. Rockefeller
introduced ‘trust’ (more followed, railroads, meatpacking, whiskey)
- bought every step in oil business
- Standard Oil Trust - monopoly
John Rockefeller called ‘robber baron’
Cornelius Vanderbilt
the vanderbuilts were a wealthy family during the gilded age
monopoly
a company that controls all production and sales of a service
Coney Island
- Peninsula in south Brooklyn, NYC
- Beach on Atlantic Ocean - 1829 - transformation begins
- Shell Rd. & first hotel built - 1870s - ships brought people to island for 50 cents
- 1875 - Prospect Park & Coney Isl. RR built
- 1920s
- Subways brought millions of people → beaches
- rides, restaurants, souvenirs
- Declined after WWII
- 21st century - rebuilt
- 2010 - Luna Park reopened
- 2011 - Scream Zone built
- Designed for 15-30 year olds
- Parts of it were more towards adults
- Meant to get away from life for a little bit
- Still functioning today
- Pleasure activities
- Amusement parks
