Inventors
The invention of the telephone most impacted businesses by allowing them to ______ quicker.
communicate
a newspaper tactic that led to the Spanish American War.
yellow journalism
an American industry that was the first to use the assembly line
automobile
the Spanish American War lasted ____ months and the US won when Spain surrendered!
3
The Sherman Antitrust Act was a law created under which president?
Teddy Roosevelt
The incandescent _____ was an industrial invention that extended the length of the average workday;
light bulb
The Spanish American War was the result of the United States interfering in the conflict between______and ______
cuba and spain
One common way business owners tried to decrease their production costs in the early 1900s
child labor
We gained control of ____,____,____ and paid Spain 20 million dollars
Guam, Puerto Rico and Philippines
what act was used to help break up the monopolies created by big businesses?
Sherman Antitrust act
Who invented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
what ship was blasted and sunk off the coast of Cuba 1898
USS Maine
Industrialization led to the growth of _____ in South Carolina.
textile
Guam and Puerto Rico are still a part of the US today, the ________are not!
Philippines
The progressive movement and muckrakers brought attention to____ problems such as housing problems, and child labor.
social
Who invented the assembly line method?
henry ford
US wanted to help Cuba become free of
Spanish rulers
The ________industry was the FIRST to use the assembly line.
automobile
helped make the US a world power, and provided a quick ocean route from East to West Coast.
Panama Canal
Who invented the first plane?
Orville and Wilbur Wright
When the USS Maine was bombed, the US blamed _____and declared war
spain
used to decrease production costs, children were paid less.
child labor
The _______ Movement and The Muckrakers took unsafe working conditions seriously
progressive