People
Invented the Electric Lightbulb and many other devices
Thomas Edison
This invention allowed for people to travel up or down in large buildings without having to climb stairs.
The elevator
When a single person or company controls an entire business
A monopoly
Name one positive effect of Industrialization.
- Products are made faster and are more affordable
- New inventions like the lightbulb and telephone
- Products could be shipped across the country with the railroad
In what city did the steel industry grow?
Pittsburgh
Invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Although it has been around for centuries, this place made it possible to mass produce steel.
A steel plant
"Hands-off". The government should not control big business.
Laissez-Faire
Name one negative effect of Industrialization.
- Child labor
- Unfair business practices
- Dirty and dangerous working conditions
In what city did the meat packing industry grow?
Chicago
Foudner of the Standard Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
A phonograph
Inventions like cars were made faster because of this creation.
the assembly line
Why was the Triangle Shirt Waste Factory so deadly?
Workers were locked in the building on each floor with no escape route. Unsafe working conditions caused the women to be trapped in the fire.
In what city did the automobile industry grow?
Detroit
Built the U.S. steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
This was the first car that the Ford Motor Company produced.
The Model T
Producing a large quantity of goods in a short amount of time.
Mass production.
Why did companies hire children to work in factories?
- Cheap labor
- Small bodies that could fit between and underneath the large machines and crammed areas
In what area did the textiles industry grow?
New England
Who invented the idea of the assembly line? He used this method to make his cars faster, so they would cost less.
Henry Ford
The Wright brothers invented the first one of this.
The airplane
Not a real person, but a business leader who became wealthy through dishonest methods
Robber Baron
What made child Labor illegal?
The Standard Labor Act in 1938.
In what city did the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occur?
New York City