Industry/Business
What two industries boomed the best in the Industrial Revolution?
Oil and Steel
What was the purpose of the Progressive Era?
To rebuild society in the United States
Why did people immigrate to the US?
Better life opportunities and freedom
Discrimination
Unequal Treatment
What did Samuel Morse invent during the 1830s?
Telegraph/Morse Code
What allows business leaders to tap the country's rich supply of natural resources?
Business Methods and Transportation
Fill in the Blank: Muckrakers were journalists who exposed ______ in business.
Corruption
What were urban cities like?
Disease filled, trashy, overall not good.
Urban Area
What did Graham Bell invent that had an even greater impact on communication?
Telephone
What was the people most focused on Industry
Economy
Name the 3 presidents who were in office at the time of the Progressive Era.
Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
What reforms did Americans work on?
Women rights, Workers, Minorities.
Muckraker
An investigative reporter who exposed corruption in business
Who invented the assembly line to make car development much easier and simpler?
Henry Ford
How did Rockefeller drive his competitors out of business
Lowered Prices
What year did the 19th Amendment come in effect? (Hint: Passed Voting Rights for Women)
1920
Why did the Jewish people flee to America?
Unfair laws/treatment in Europe.
Assembly Line
A manufacturing system in which each worker preforms an assigned task again and again
What invention boosted the reliability of trains and boats to run better?
Steam Engine
Who was the first to discover oil in 1859
Edwin Drake
Who wrote the book "The Jungle" to expose the dangers of Chicago's meatpacking plants?
Upton Sinclair
What years did the immigration numbers spike rapidly in the US?
1840 and 1860
Mass Production
Using a mechanized process to manufacture large quantities of a product
Which inventor get called dull in their childhood?
Thomas Edison