People
Invented the cotton gin, revolutionizing the cotton industry and increasing production.
Eli Whitney
This term describes the transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry and manufacturing. What is it?
Industrialization.
This invention, a driving force behind the Industrial Revolution, used steam to perform mechanical work and was created by James Watt. What is it?
Steam Engine
This social and economic movement emerged in response to the harsh working conditions during the Industrial Revolution. What event is this?
The Labor Movement.
This mode of transportation, introduced during the Industrial Revolution, revolutionized the movement of goods and people. What is it?
Railroads
The Dawes Act
This is the inventor that's filament made incandescent lightbulbs possible
Lewis Howard Lattimore
The business concept of owning and controlling all aspects of production and distribution.
Vertical Integration
Invented during the Industrial Revolution, this machine revolutionized the cotton industry by separating cotton fibers from their seeds. What is it?
Cotton Gin.
Law forbidding all trusts from existing in an effort to help congress regulate trade between states, end monopolies, and levy fines against trusts.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Development of Train cars to make long distance travel more comfortable. Site of union riot that caused 30,000 workers to walk off the job.
Pullman Strike.
Law giving 160 acres of free public land to anyone who agreed to live and farm the property for 5 years.
Homestead Act
The inventor of the telephone, a groundbreaking communication device developed during the Industrial Revolution. Who is he?
Alexander Graham Bell
Governments idea of "hands off" Legislature to allow business to grow without any government oversight or regulation
Laissez-Faire policies
Developed the airbrake system that stopped all the cars of the train at the same time making rail travel and commerce more safe
George Westinghouse
Workers fighting for 8 hour workday in Chicago led to bombing and bloodshed amongst protestors and police.
Haymarket Riot
Development of tourism in Florida with Henry Flagler's network known as
Florida East Coast Railway
Battle of American Troops and Native s from the Lakota and Cheyenne tribes. Colonel Custer launched attack but American troops lost to native tribes.
Battle of Little Big Horn
Formed the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Samuel Grompers
During the Industrial Revolution, this term was used to describe a company recognized by law as a single entity separate from its owners. What is it?
Corporation.
Process for purifying iron, improving strength, durability, and cost. Helped spur the Industrial Revolution.
Bessemer Process
Carnegie Steel plant in Pennsylvania cut workers wages. Union called for a strike. The steel plant called in a private group of "police force". Who were these "officers"?
The Pinkertons
This famous railroad, completed in 1869, connected the east and west coasts of the United States. What is it?
The famous, Transcontinental railroad.
Natives were attacked for performing "Ghost Dance Ceremony" when police were sent to arrect Sitting Bull for breaking law forbidding such ceremonies. Natives fought back, and over 200 Lakota men, women, and children were killed
Former slave who revolutionized the cosmetic industry for African American Women. Became the FIRST African American Millionaire.
Madame CJ Walker
This term was used during the Industrial Revolution to describe multi-occupancy buildings, often associated with overcrowded and poor living conditions. What is it?
Tenemant.
This inventor, known for his pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution, co-developed a code that is still used in telecommunications today. What is the invention?
Telegraph.
This event, often considered the catalyst of revolution, saw many new inventions, some such as the steam engine that powered factories and transportation. What event is this?
The Industrial Revolution
This negative impact of the railroads involved the displacement of Native American communities in the United States.
The Westward Expansion.
Schools that natives would be sent to where they would learn the traditions, values, and culture of Americans, with the promise of citizenship upon successful completion of school and abandonment of tribal culture and beliefs.
Assimilation Schools