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What was a major problem with railroads before the adoption of time zones?
Time differences made it hard to set schedules
What process did Henry Bessemer develop?
The purification of iron into steel
The first suspension bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, was completed in which year?
1863
John D. Rockefeller was a tycoon in which industry?
Oil
By the end of the 1800s, what proportion of children between ages 10 and 16 were working?
One in five
This man patented air brakes for trains in 1869
George Westinghouse
Who invented the telephone in 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who created the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
This man's family created the first bank of America and also invested in many early American companies?
JP Morgan Chase
Communities where workers lived close to factories are known as ?
company towns
___________, commuter trains, and subways were in all major US cities
Electric cars
What invention did Edwin Drake contribute to in 1859?
Whale blubber
This invention helped made travelling by water a new mode of transportation and helped businesses
Steam Boat
What strategy did John D. Rockefeller use to increase profits?
Horizontal integration
Who were the authors of the Communist Manifesto?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
By the 1880s, American exports of which products dominated international markets?
Steel, grain, and textiles
Which innovation revolutionized the way clothes were made in homes and factories?
The sewing machine
Who created the first car in America?
Henry Ford
Who was the professor that applied Darwin's ideas to American capitalism?
William Graham Sumner
Who led the Knights of Labor during its growth period?
Terrence V. Powderly
Who made up a large portion of the workforce in sweatshops during the late 1800s?
Immigrants
Who invented the telegraph in 1844?
Samuel Morse
He is known as the Father of Steel
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a leader in which industry?
Steel
Which law did railroad workers refer to during the Pullman Strike?
Sherman Antitrust Act