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What was the reason that Andrew Carneige started working at the age of 13?
To earn money
What's the most important factor of industrial growth?
Who was the person that learned telegraphy, bookkeeping and spent alot of time reading books?
Andrew Carneige
What happened to the size of the markets when railroads expanded?
The got larger
Andrew Carneige
What type of labor law did not contribute to America's industrial growth?
Child Labor Laws
What is the production of goods by machines and factories?
Industrialization
Who invented the lightbulb and phonograph?
Thomas Edison
What happened to the gap between the rich and poor?
Who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Samuel Gompers
What was being established when people got better working conditions?
Labor Union
What was the problem with railroads that required goods to be transferred from one train to another?
No standard gauges
Who was the head of the New York Central Railroad System?
Cornelius Vanderbelt
What were the railroads forced to pay to the Standard Oil Company?
Rebate
Who was the political boss in New York City?
William Tweed
What was the biggest reason that allowed cities to expand?
Transportation
What is a protected right to make and sell a product?
A patent
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What was the biggest use of oil that makes it more valuable?
Fuel
What caused issues such as diseases, population increasing and tenemants being crammed in major cities?
Trash Disposal
What used secrets and trickery to enrich members and friends in the late 1880s?
Political Machine
What are shares of ownership?
Stocks
Who said "People should be hard working to be a good inventor"?
Thomas Edison
What do you call a work stoppage?
Strike
A factory in which employees work for long hours, in unsafe conditions, for a low wage
Sweatshop