Inventions
True or False: The railroad allowed goods to be transported more easily from place to place
True
How did schools and education change after 1870?
Compulsory education, new schools and libraries were available
Someone who sets up new businesses to make a profit
Entrepreneur
Alexander Graham Bell built this device that would carry the human voice.
Telephone
Large compartments that usually held cattle
Steerage
Was used as a basic building material for cities and industries.
Steel
What was the protest over in Haymarket Square 1886?
Irritation over poor working conditions
A person who opposes all forms of government
Anarchist
Found as workers drilled into the ground.
Oil
Company that controls all or nearly all business in a particular industry
monopoly
Americans were able to use this to power engines and automobiles.
Oil
Known for his heavy involvement in the oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
Negotiation between company management and a union representing a group of workers about wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Collective bargaining
Who did the typewriter create more jobs for?
Women
Define: Trust
When a single board of directors runs a group of corporations.
Who was the typewriter invented by?
Christopher Sholes
How did banks support the growth of corporations during the Industrial Revolution?
Invested by buying stocks & bonds.
Gave out large loans to companies.
Define: Assimilation
This is the process that many immigrants experienced when they came to the United States and their culture mixed with American culture.
Made city centers more accessible from rural areas.
Railroad
Center that served immigrants and the poor by providing education, healthcare, childcare and employment resources.
Settlement House
This reduced fire hazards in homes.
Electricity
Andrew Carnegie was involved in what industry?
Steel industry
Official document that proves an individual the sole right to produce and sell an invention.
Patent
This device allowed messages to be received faster than mail.
Telephone
A large building that is divided up into many small apartments shared by multiple families.
Tenement