Industrialists
Who built the steel business?
Ancdew Carnegie
Whqt allowed industries to move raw materials and finished products?
Trains
When did the Industrial Age start?
After the Civil War
Who made the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Businesses advertised their __________ products
name brand
Who built the oil and gas business?
John D. Rockefeller
Where was meat packing?
Chicago
When did the Industrial Age end?
WWI
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What allowed people to shop at home?
catalogs
Who built the railroads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Where were textiles made?
New England
What did they call the attitude businesses had where they didn't want government interference?
Laisse Faire
Who invented the airplane?
The Wright Brothers
People heard these advertisements in their homes
radio ads
Who built a banking/financing business?
JP Morgan
Where were automobiles made?
Detroit
Name three reasons there were problems with Laisse Faire
Workers overworked and underpaid
Child Labor
Unfair business practices
Dangerous and dirty working conditions
Why were products more affordable?
Low cost of production
Advertisements made these to help people remember their products
slogans/jingles
Who built an automobile business?
Henry Ford
Where was steel made?
Pittsburgh
What negative name was given to the Captains of Industry?
Robber Barons
The use of machines is called
mechanization
Labor needs on the farms _________ while labor needs in the cities _____________.
decreased
increased