Vocabulary
A time when new machines, factories, and technology changed how goods were made and significantly impacted how people lived and worked.
Industrialization
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Age
This political system allowed big businesses to grow without government regulation or interference
Laissez-faire
The term used to describe big businessmen who hurt society through greed, bribery, and destroying competition.
This form of protest occurs when workers collectively refuse to work until their demands are met.
Strike
This inventor created the "talking machine", more commonly known as the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
This document provides the exclusive right to produce and sell a newly invented product for a certain period of time
Patent
Immigrants were important in helping the United States industrialize because they provided
Work
The industry where John D. Rockefeller made his fortune
Oil (Standard Oil)
This process involves workers negotiating as a group with employers to secure better wages, hours, and working conditions.
Collective Bargaining
This method of production uses workers who each complete a specific task as a product moves through the manufacturing process, allowing goods to be produced faster and more efficiently.
Assembly Line
A wealthy businessman donating millions of dollars to public libraries and schools is an example of this
Philanthropy
(Charity)
Captain of Industry accepted
In capitalism, prices are determined by these two things
Supply and Demand
This big businessman wrote the "Gospel of Wealth", explaining the importance of giving back to society once you have become wealthy
Andrew Carnegie
This labor union welcomed both skilled and unskilled workers and sought broad improvements for the working class.
Knights of Labor
This invention form the Wright brothers in North Carolina revolutionized the way Americans traveled
Airplane
The mass movement of people towards cities, oftentimes in search of work opportunities
Urbanization
Drake's Folly was an important discovery for Industrialization because it gave America better access to this natural resource
Oil
This type of business is owned by shareholders who purchase stock and became increasingly common during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Corporation
This violent 1892 labor conflict occurred at Andrew Carnegie's steel plant in Pennsylvania, where striking workers clashed with Pinkerton guards.
Homestead Strike
Name of the car model mass produced by Henry Ford
Model T
This process helped make it easier and cheaper to manufacture steel during the Industrial Revolution
Bessemer Process
This railroad spanned across America, connecting East to West
The theory that in society, the strongest will succeed and the weaker will die off, often used to defend monopolies
Social Darwinism
This 1886 labor protest in Chicago turned violent when a bomb exploded, damaging the reputation of labor unions and weakening the Knights of Labor.
Haymarket Riot
This inventor helped develop a practical electric light bulb and established a research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison