Inventions
Urbanization
People
Monopoly
Unions
100
name a device that increased communication by allowing communicants to speak rather than write to one another
telephone
100
term that refers to the economy shifting from agriculture to industry
What is Industrialization
100
Established the world’s first research lab in New Jersey
Who is Thomas Edison
100
Minimal government interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society Government stays out of business
What is Laissez faire
100
As conditions for laborers worsened, workers realized they needed to organize
What is a union
200
who founded Standard Oil
John D Rockefeller
200
Name 3 societal problems that come with urbanization.
Over-crowding, disease, crime, pollution
200
The telephone allowed businesses and individuals to communicate quicker from remote locations
Who is Alexander Bell
200
Stole from the public, drained natural resources, bribed officials, destroyed competition, abused workers
Who/What are Robber Barrons
200
Samuel Gompers created this Craft union, skilled workers, used collective bargaining (workers negotiate as a group)
What is the American Federation of labor
300
converted iron to a stronger more durable and yet lighter metal (steel), this allowed skyscrapers and other new technologies to flourish.
What is the Bessemer process
300
The rapid growth of cities.
What is Urbanization
300
He built a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars in Illinois
Who is George Pullman
300
Leaders, increased supply of goods, created jobs, gave money to worthy causes (philanthropy)
Who/What are Captains of Industry
300
led the Cigar Makers’ International Union to join with other craft unions in 1886
Who is Samuel Gompers
400
allowed everyone to move their product or resource more efficiently, therefore making more money and more product.
What are Railroads
400
Chicago
400
He was one of the first industrial tycoons (steel)
Who is Andrew Carnegie
400
gaining control of all steps that it takes to create a product from start to finish (materials to transportation)
What is Vertical Integration
400
unionized railway workers In 1894, the union won a strike for higher wages. First fully integrated union
Who is Eugene Debs
500
This breakthrough, created by Edwin Drake, started an oil boom
Developed a steam engine to drill for oil
500
Why did so many Americans leave farming to pursue employment in the cities during industrialization?
Mechanization of agriculture meant less workers were required and there were more jobs to be had in the cities.
500
He unionized railway workers
Who is Eugene Debs
500
buying out all of the companies in the same business to create a monopoly
What is horizontal Intergration
500
organized the United Mine Workers of America
Who is Mary Harris Jones or Mother Jones