Vocabulary
The process of using coal to separate iron from its ore
Smelting
Means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.
Capitalism
This invention allowed farmers to spread large amounts of seed over large areas quicker.
Seed drill
Steam Engine
James Watt
Who founded Carnegie Steel? (first and last name required)
Andrew Carnegie
Multi-story buildings that were divided into crowded apartments
Tenements
A policy of letting things take their own course without interfering.
Laissez-faire
This invention separated cotton fibers from the seeds.
Cotton Gin
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Who controlled shipping and railroads?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A company that dominates one industry
Monopoly
The people as a whole rather than private individuals would own and operate the means of production.
Socialism
Edmund Cartwright invented this mechanized weaving machine.
Power Loom
Power Loom
Edmund Cartwright
Who founded Standard Oil company, and what year was it founded?
John D. Rockefeller in 1870
The movement of people to the cities
Urbanization
A form of socialism where the government should own everything, no private property, all goods and services would be shared equally.
This engine allowed factories to move away from rivers because it ran off of coal.
Steam Engine
The Bessemer Process
Henry Bessemer
What was the first billion dollar company?
U.S. Steel
The process of taking over and fencing off land formerly shared by peasant farmers
Enclosure Movement
The greatest happiness for the greatest number of citizens.
Utilitarianism
A process where impurities are removed from iron by oxidation.
Bessemer Process
The Flying Shuttle
John Kay
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What two companies were merged together to create General Electric?
Edison General Electric and Thomas-Houston Electric