Industrial Giants
Who made his money in the shipping industry and later the railroad?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
These people finance products and ideas
The amount of hours people worked per day in factories, mines, etc
10-12
This is a group of people with common interests working together to negotiate pay, work hours, benefits, etc
Union
This man created the first practical lightbulb and work on setting up electricity-generating stations.
Thomas Edison
Who made his money in the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
This is when one business controls an entire industry
What were two jobs children had during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Miners, Factory Workers, Farmers, Newsies, Seafood Workers, etc
Strike
How many wheels did the first car created during this time have?
3
Who made his money in the steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
This allowed Ford to mass-produce cars at cheaper costs.
The name of the building where many working-class families lived in the cities.
Tenements
How did the labor movement change jobs?
Shorter hours, less work days, safer conditions, ended child labor, etc.
This man successfully sent verbal communication over wirelines.
Alexander Graham Bell
Who made his money in banking and buying businesses?
JP Morgan
A set of companies that are managed by a small group
Trust
The place where about 150 women died due to a fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
What year did the U.S. government pass laws to end child labor, shorten the work week/day?
1938
First flight took place near which city
Kitty Hawk, NC
Who made his money in the car industry?
Henry Ford
Governments leave businesses alone. They believed the market would regulate itself.
Laissez-faire
What percentage of the workforce was children by 1900?
20%
Name one strike that took place during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Haymarket Affair, Railroad Strike, Pullman Strike
This led to skyscrapers and longer bridges being built
Steel