Industry
This is the total ownership of a product or service.
What is a monopoly?
Ida Tarbell exposed the unfair business practices in his Standard Oil Company.
Who is Rockefeller?
Between 1865 and 1890 this transportation system expanded industry across the U.S.
What were the railroads?
This refers to the ownership of businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process.
What is Vertical Integration?
This was first invented by the Wright Brothers.
What is the airplane?
The "talking telegraph" was another name for this invention.
What is the telephone?
A legal arrangement grouping together a number of companies under a single board of directors.
What is a trust?
He exposed tenement living for what it truly was.
Who is Jacob Riis?
Automobiles were revolutionized with the invention and usage of THIS?
What is the assembly line?
He monopolized the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller controlled 90% of oil refineries in America, forming this model of business.
What is Horizontal Integration?
Mark Twain coined this phrase to describe the corruption and injustice in society that was overlooked during this time period.
What is the "Gilded Age"?
This gives a person the right to make and sell inventions.
What is a patent?
George Westinghouse made a fortune after inventing the air brake for this object....
What are trains?
This law made it illegal to create monopolies that restrained trade.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
He wrote "The Jungle". This promoted the passage of multiple laws protecting the public regarding food cleanliness and safety.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Charles and J. Frank Duryea used a gasoline engine to build the first of this.
What is a motorcar?
Kerosine and candles became less common in the home when THIS inventor had an "incandescant" idea.
Who is Thomas Edison?