Carnegie VS Rockefeller
Would Carnegie or Rockefeller be more likely to invest in a current day oil company?
Rockefeller
This allowed messages to be received faster than mail
Telephone
When a single board of directors runs a group of corporations
Trust
What kind of leisure activities became popular during the Industrial Revolution?
Theater, sports, vacations, amusement parks
Americans were able to use this to power engines and automobiles
Oil
Who formed the standard oil trust?
Rockefeller
This invention reduced fire hazards in homes
Electricity
Official document that proves an individual the sole right to produce and sell an invention
Patent
What is a tenement?
A large building that is divided up into many small apartments shared by multiple families
What is a company that controls all or nearly all business in a particular industry?
Monopoly
If you were building a new office and needed to buy steel, you would most likely be buying it from...
Carnegie
Made cities more accessible from rural areas
Railroads
Negotiation between company management and a union representing a group of workers about wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Collective Bargaining
How did schools change after 1870?
- construction of new libraries
- construction of new schools
-compulsory education
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who's businesses included iron mines, steel mills, railroads and shipping lines?
Carnegie
This was used as a basic building material for cities and industries
Steel
Center that served immigrants and the poor by providing education, healthcare, childcare and employment resources.
Settlement House
In what ways did banks support the growth of corporations during the Industrial Revolution?
Gave out large loans to companies and invested by buying stocks and bonds
Define anarchist:
A person who opposes all form of government
If you owned an automobile company and needed a shipment of oil, you would most likely be buying it from...
Rockefeller
Invented by Christopher Sholes and created more jobs for women
Typewriter
This is the process that many immigrants experienced when they came to the United States and their culture mixed with American culture
Assimilation
What led to the protest in Haymarket square?
Employees were tired of working in poor conditions
Describe what a tenement house was like
Small, overcrowded, dirty, diseases spread quickly