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Reform Leaders
Economy in 1920's
Technology and the U.S. Economy
Social and economic Data
100
Date the nations first transcontinental railroad line was completed
What is 1869?
100
Remembered as a social reformer and peace activist
Who is Jane Addams?
100
Helped make the rapid growth possible
What is Increased indstrial efficiency?
100
Patented the telephone in 1876
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
Yearly value of a country's total output of goods and services
What is Gross domestic product? (GDP)
200
Changed the U.S. economy during the 1800's
What is development of electric power?
200
Was a leader of the women's suffrage movement
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
200
Developed a car called the Model T.
Who is Henry Ford?
200
Placed in orbit in 1962
What is International communications satellite, Telstar?
200
The average yearly income of a country's inhabitants
What is Per capita income?
300
Developed the first practical electric lightbulb in 1879
Who is Thomas A. Edison?
300
Date Addams established Hull House in Chicago
What is 1889?
300
A way to greatly improve the efficiency of his factory
What is The assembly line?
300
Date personal computers had become smaller, less expensive, and more powerful
What is the 1990's?
300
The ratio of births to deaths in a country per year
What is Population Growth?
400
When a trust dominated a particular industry
What is a monopoly?
400
Remembered mainly as a leading African American civil rights activist
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
400
Allowed shoppers to pay for goods over a period of time rather than all at once
What is Installment Plans?
400
Date the rise of the personal computer began
What is the 1970's?
400
The percentage of its population that can read and write
What is Literacy rates?
500
Formed when different companies involved in the same industry organized themselves into one corporation
What is a trust?
500
Protested against slavery, fought for equal pay for female teachers, and sought equal property rights for women
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
500
Offers an example of the industrial innovation that improved efficiency
What is A look at the Ford Motor Company?
500
One of the biggest customers of steel manufacturers and a major employer in the United States
What is The Automobile Industry?
500
The average life span of a country's inhabitants
What is Life expectancy?