Industrialization Part 1
Everyone benefited from the industrial revolution, all Americans had equal opportunity, and all children had an opportunity for education. All of these things can be labeled as.
What are misconceptions of the Industrial Revolution?
Designed the first skyscraper.
Who is William Lebaron Jenney?
Given to RXR Companies by the government to encourage construction of track.
What are land grants?
Supreme Court upheld the Granger Laws and allowed states to regulate RXR’s.
What is Munn vs. Illinois?
Explosion of inventions, wealth of natural resources, and a growing urban population can all be referred to as this.
What are three factors led to the Industrial Boom in the U.S.?
Added innovations that made electricity cheaper and safer.
Who is George Westinghouse?
Proposed that the earth’s surface should be divided into 24 time zones, one for each hour of the day.
Who is Professor C.F. Dowd?
Set up the interstate commerce commission (ICC) to regulate RXR activity.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
Canadian Geologist who discovered how to distill kerosene from oil.
Who is Abraham Gesner?
Invented the typewriter.
Who is Christopher Sholes?
The four time zones located on the U.S. mainland.
What are Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific?
Nation wide economic collapse in 1893.
What is the Panic of 1893?
Successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil.
Who is Edwin Drake?
Perfected the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Organization of farmers to combat the RXR companies.
What is the Grange?
Political party that called for reforms like an increased money supply, graduated income tax, federal loan program, single term for president, secret ballot, 8 hour work day, and to restrict immigration.
What is the Populist Party?
Technique that injected air into molten iron to remove carbon and create steel.
What is the Bessemer Process?
Invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Went from Omaha, NB to Sacramento, CA and connected the West with the East.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Created a monopoly in the RXR industry.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?