A Time of Invention
What was the meaning of the typewriter.
a machine with keys for producing alphabetical characters, numerals, and typographical symbols one at a time on paper inserted around a roller.
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What is a prophet?
A prophet is the money earned by a business after all the cost of machinery, workers, and raw materials are paid.
What is a monopoly.
Sentence: Rockefeller bought so many oil companies that Standard Oil almost became a monopoly.
A monopoly is where a company that has no competition.
What is a labor unit?
A labor unit is an organization of workers that try to improve pay and working conditions for its member.
What did the new inventions allow people to do that was impossible to do before?
Record sound
What did Thomas Edison create to let us see things?
The electric light bulb.
What is a corporation?
A co corporation is a business in which many people own shares, or parts, of the business.
How much money did Rockefeller donate.
Rockefeller donated 500 million dollars
Who was Samuel Gompers?
Samuel Gompers was elected as the AFL's president.
What was the last of the 1800s full of?
Wonderful inventions
About how many invention did Thomas Edison create?
Over 1,000
Who's steel company was bigger, Andrew Carnegie, or John D. Rockefeller's?
Jhon D. Rockefeller's
How much money did Carnegie give away.
Carnegie gave away 350 million dollars
Children as old as___ up had to work because their family needed money.
10 and up.
New machines saved _______ and ________ and improved life for many people
time and money
What did the oil cup do?
The oil cup kept trains and other machines running longer by dripping oil over moving parts.
Rockefeller formed a _______ Oil Company, which made products such as fuel and lamp oil.
Standard
When does a competition occur?
A competition occurs when more than one business tries to sell the same goods or service.
In 1886, these workers formed a _________ _______ __ ________
(hint-AFL)
American Federation of Labor.
Who invented the typewriter
E. Remington and Sons
What year did Margaret Knight invent the machine that made paper bags with a flat bottom?
hint it is in the 1800s.
1867
In what year did John D. Rockefeller form the Standard Oil Company?
1870
Carnegie and Rockefeller became what
(hint: A _______ is a person who donates money for a good cause.)
philanthropist
What was the first large labor union?
The Knights of Labor.