People
The inventors of the first airplane also known as the "flying machine."
Who are the Wright Brothers?
Laws governing the conduct of free African Americans
What are Black Codes/Laws?
Fill in the blank: ___ manufactures provided rails and parts for railroad cars.
What is steel?
The production of this material soared as railroads added 40,000 miles of track
What is iron?
This businessman produced the first famous car that would eventually bear his name
Who is Henry Ford?
This term means a widely adopted economic system in which there is private ownership of the means of production
What is capitalism?
The production of this material developed slowly in late 19th century
What is Iron?
This production industry emerged first in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
What is steel?
Nicolaus August Otto created a gas-powered engine in the mid-1860's but this man later perfected an engine that could be used in auto mobiles
Who is Gottfried Daimler?
All millionaires were claimed to be this
What is "self-made men?"
Fill in the blanks:In 1859, Edwin L. Drake established the first ___ well which was producing 500 barrels of ___ a month
(Note: the two blanks are the exact same word)
What is oil?
The steel industry helped create this new and important new industry in the late 19th century
What is oil?
This man rose "from rags to riches"
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The application of Charles Darwin's laws of evolution and natural selection among species to human society
What is Social Darwinism?
Private property, private control of the factors of production, accumulation of capital, and competition were all aspects of...
What is capitalism?
Fill in the blank: The new industrial system was their loss of control over the conditions of their_____.
What is labor?
This union leader was the founder of a polyglot association called the National Labor Union
Who is William H. Sylvis?
This term originally meant love of humanity or goodwill toward fellow humans, but overtime the term has come to mean large-scale giving by wealthy individuals
What is Philantropy?
This idea provided every individual with a chance to succeed and attain great wealth
What is individualism?
This act offered 160 acres of public land to anyone who lived in it and improved it for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?