People
This person was called the "Wizard of Menlo Park" because he had so many inventions.
Who was Thomas Edison?
Alexander Graham Bell invented this.
What is the telephone?
a large organized company owned by stockholders
What is a corporation?
This is what factories did to the water and air around them.
What is polluted?
Steel made it possible to build these tall buildings.
What are skyscrapers?
This the producer of most of the nation's steel at the time.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Henry Ford invented this method of Building cars
What is the assembly line?
One way corporations raise capital is by selling this.
What is stock?
The Brooklyn Bridge was the longest of this kind at the time.
What is a suspension bridge?
John D. Rockefeller made his fortune in this industry.
What is oil?
People traveled to Titusville, Pennsylvania after this person struck oil there.
Who was Edwin Drake?
Elisha Otis invented this
What is the elevator?
This is a person who starts and organizes a business.
What is an entrepreneur?
These are raw materials from nature such as water or oil.
What are natural resources?
This is where Edwin Drake drilled for oil, beginning America's giant oil industry.
What is Titusville, Pennsylvania?
Phillip Armour and this person were business leaders in the meatpacking industry.
Who is Gustavus Swift?
George Eastman improved this invention, making it easier to use.
What is the Kodak camera?
A corporation that has little competition
What is a monopoly?
This is where oil was taken to, where it was turned into products.
What are refineries?
This person helped immigrants by teaching them new farming methods, by founding schools, and by helping them to start businesses.
Who was James J. Hill?
This person made great progress in the railroad business, creating America's first great railroad system-- the New York Central.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Andrew Carnegie entered this industry after Henry Bessemer and William Kelly invented a cheaper method of making it.
What is steel?
The act of protecting and limiting the use of natural resources
What is conservation?
Sugar, cotton, and tobacco companies were controlled by monopolies or these.
What are trust companies?
The large flow of immigrants provided these for the industries that developed in the late 1800s.
What are eager workers?