Technology
This machine burns a fuel source, like coal, to heat water and generate mechanical motion
What is a steam engine?
This city was the center of the steel industry during the Industrial Revolution
What is Pittsburgh?
Who is John D Rockefeller?
During this conflict the northern states were able to defeat the southern states, in large part due to their superior industrialization
What is the American Civil War?
This was the most important part of the Industrial Revolution, as their creation enabled mass production and created many new jobs
What are factories?
The Bessemer Process allows for the mass production of this valuable building material
What is steel?
During the Industrial Revolution, Cincinnati was associated with this industry, giving our city one of its nicknames
What is meat/pork?
He was the owner of the largest steel company in America during the Industrial Revolution
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This disaster, caused by the failure of a social club for wealthy industrialists to repair a dam they had built, killed over 2,000 people in a small Pennsylvania town
What is the Johnstown Flood?
A sharp decline of jobs in this industry caused many rural Americans to move into cities
What is agriculture/farming?
Canals, steamboats, and railroads are all examples of improvements in this during the Industrial Revolution
What is transportation?
This city was the center of the oil refining industry during the Industrial Revolution
What is Cleveland?
Who is Henry Clay Frick?
The completion of this infrastructure project cut the travel time from the east coast to west coast from months to just under a week
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
These organizations give workers more power in their jobs to get better pay/benefits and safer/easier working conditions
What are labor unions?
This device, which requires an operator who can interpret Morse Code, was the first method for instant long-distance communication
What is the telegraph?
This city, where men like JP Morgan and Jay Gould operated their businesses, became the center of the American banking and financial industry
What is New York City?
Nicknamed The Commodore, he got his start running a fleet of steamboats before pivoting and becoming a dominant figure in the railroad industry
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
What is Homestead Strike?
This term describes the trend of American cities rapidly growing during the Industrial Revolution
What is urbanization?
This device made it easier to harvest a key cash crop, which caused a massive expansion of slavery
What is the cotton gin?
Cities during the Industrial Revolution were often run by these groups, who used bribes, corruption, and embezzlement to control the local government
What is a political machine?
Who is Henry Clay?
This economic crisis was caused by an economic competition between John D Rockefeller and Cornelius Vanderbilt leading to a collapse in railroad stock prices
What is the Panic of 1873 or The Long Depression?
These describe the reasons why immigrants chose to leave their old homes, as well as why they chose to move to their new homes
What are push and pull factors?