The Rise of Industry
He is credited with inventing the telephone...
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
How did railroads influence Americans during the Second Industrial Revolution...
What is Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first truly national market
An organization owned by many people but treated by law as if it were a single person...
What is a corporation?
What is the light bulb lit city streets and powered homes and factories giving people more time in the day to work or play.
The Industrial Revolution began in this country...
What is England?
People who risk their capital in organizing and running a business...
Who are entrepreneurs?
He is one of the most famous and successful railroad entrepreneurs...
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This term means having complete control over a product or a service...
What is a monopoly
sarah Goode invented this to help with overcrowding in cities...
What is the Foldaway Bed
Industrialization refers to. (this is how it changed American life)...
What is it moved America from being an agriculturally based society to an industry based society?
Name one invention and how it changed American life...
What is (answers will vary)
Abraham Lincoln issued this in 1862; it initiated the building of the transcontinental railroad...
What is the Pacific Railway Act?
List the 4 captains of industry and what industry they belonged to...
Vanderbilt - Railroads
Carnegie - Steel
Morgan - Finance/Banking
Rockefeller - Oil
This person invented hair care products for African American's to help cure scalp disease.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
List and explain 2 impacts that industrialization had of American economy and/or society...
What is (answers will vary)
A french phrase meaning "let people do as they choose." The government adopted this philosophy in its dealings with business during the period of industrialization by not interfering in business matters very much.
What is Laissez-faire
Elijah McCoy invented this in order to ensure trains could run more efficiently over longer differences...
Lubrication System (Oil Cup)
What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration...
What is vertical integration involves owning all parts of the industrial process whereas horizontal integration involves one company buying up its competitors?
This innovation changed the way steel was made. It made steel stronger and cheaper and was able to be produced more efficiently.
What is the Bessemer Process
How did the cities change due to industrialization...
What is skyscrapers, mass transit, population increase, etc...
List 3 causes of industrialization...
What are: 1. natural resources 2. immigration 3. inventions 4. government policies
What did invention did Gustavus Swift create in order to ship his meat by rail over longer distances without the risk of spoiling?
What is the Refrigerated Rail Cart
This entrepreneur in the steel industry used vertical integration and other business techniques to become the richest man in America? He contributed to the rise of industry which helped the American economy to grow. He spread ideas about how the wealthy should give back in his Gospel of Wealth.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
How did technology impact the lives of Americans during the Second Industrial Revolution?
What is (answers may vary)
This person was responsible for establishing the Florida East Coast Railway and was known as the "father of Miami"...
Who is Henry Flaggler