Inventions and Inventors
This man invented a working, affordable light bulb.
Thomas Edison
Many immigrants and factory workers lived in a type of poor housing called _____________.
Tenements
The Hull House for immigrant women was started by this person.
Jane Addams
Railroad "Empire Builder"
James J. Hill
Business owned by many people called investors or stockholders.
Corporations
He invented better brakes for trains known as air brakes.
George Westinhouse
These people worked to fix and improve problems in the growing cities.
Social Reformers
Workers organized these to force employers to make changes in their pay or working conditions.
Labor Unions
Steel Industry Leader
Andrew Carnegie
A wealthy person who gives millions of dollars to public causes.
Philanthropist
He received a patent for inventing a working telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Unjust problems in business and government were types of ________________.
Corruption
A scholar who encouraged Christians to defend the Bible truths.
B. B. Warfield
Leader in Banking
J. P. Morgan
The Sherman Anit Trust Act did this.
limited industry power and control
This inventor designed sleeping cars for trains.
George Pullman
What problems resulted from crowded cities?
Diseases, trash, pollution, unclean conditions
What is Clara Barton known for?
Beginning the American Red Cross
Oil Industry Leader
John D. Rockefeller
Social Darwinism applied the idea of ____________ to businesses.
Survival of the Fittest
He created the QWERTY keyboard that was used for telegraph messages.
Christopher Sholes
What are 2 reasons for the growth of cities.
people moving from rural areas
immigrants moving to the U.S.A.
He was a famous evengalist.
Dwight L. Moody
The economic system in America where people can own businesses and goods.
Captialism
He wrote "The Gospel of Wealth"
Andrew Carnegie