Inventors and their Inventions
What did Thomas Edison invent?
The lightbulb, electrographic vote recorder, the electric pen, and more than 1000 other things.
A process in which economic, industrial, and population patterns shifted from rural areas to cities.
Urbanization
Which robber baron was the owner of the Standard Oil Monopoly?
John D. Rockefeller
What was the name of the railroad that connected the United States from the East coast to the West coast?
The transcontinental railroad
What is a Corporation?
A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but aren't responsible for its debts
The telephone
What was the name of the last three decades of the 1800s (1870-1890) Described the age as something that appears more brilliant or luxurious despite the underlying greed.
The Gilded Age
Andrew Carnegie capitalized on what portion of US industry
Steel
Before trains, many towns ran on their own "local time" based on the sun's position in the sky. Railroad lines operated according to the local time of the town they originally came from creating confusion. What concept was developed to decrease confusion of times in the United States?
Standard Time
An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions.
Labor Unions
What was Christopher Sholes contribution to the world? It is a predecessor to something you use everyday.
The typewriter
Poorly built, overcrowded housing in cities where many immigrants lived.
Tenements
What is a monopoly?
The complete control of a product or business by one person or group
Where did the companies begin building the railroads to connect?
Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California
Firms or corporations that combine for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices.
Trusts
Who developed a system for delivering elective power using an alternating current (AC), allowing electricity to travel longer distances than the direct current (DC)?
Nikola Tesla
The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.
Social Darwinism
What was Cornelius Vanderbilt's business of choice during this time period?
The railroads
What was the names of the two companies charged with building the railroad?
The Central Pacific Company and the Union Pacific Company
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory? Why was it significant?
This factory locked doors during the day while workers were inside to prevent theft. A fire erupted inside but the workers were trapped by locked doors and fault escape ladders leading to a lot of deaths. Significant because reformers began to work to fix the terrible conditions of industrial workers.
What process made it possible to quickly and cheaply mass produce steel which helped build the railroads? This process involved blowing air into molten iron to remove impurities.
The Bessemer Process
Corrupt organized groups that controlled political parties in the cities.
Political Machines
What was the idea that the US government should be hands off and play as small a role as possible in economic affairs?
Laissez-faire
Name of the act the federal government passed to build the railroad to connect the East and West coasts.
The Pacific Railway Acts
What law was used for breaking up monopolies in the US but also early on against labor unions?
The Sherman Antitrust Act