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Industrialism Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie | from Scotland; came to America when he was a child because his father didn't make any money from his job; steel owner and sold his factory for 480 million in 1901; steel factory owner |
| John Rockefeller | monopoly of oil refining business; discount for bulk items; King of Oil business because he bought out so many competitors; controlled 90% of all refineries; steel factory owner |
| Thomas Edison | produced electric light bulbs; experiment new uses for electricity; created phonograph and kinetoscope |
| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the telephone 1876; long distance calls; 1st device to transmit live voice messages |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | made money running steam boat lines in the NYC area; made 1 mil $ from railroad business; selfish; steel factory owner |
| Jane Addams | social worker and bought a house in a poor ghetto in Chicago; lived in Hull House; reformer who improved the city with play grounds; stood Johnny Powers-political boss |
| immigrant | person who came from another county; wanted government and religious freedom; better opportunities; competed with Americans for jobs |
| steel | alloy made from iron ore and heated; strong and won't crack; skyscrapers, bridges and rails |
| Pittsburgh | many steel factories; a lot of pollution; crowded; workers had long days for little pay |
| mechanization | occurred on farms 1890s; machines replaced farm workers so farmers had to relocate |
| railroads | used to bring cattle to slaughter houses; used standard oil; carry natural resource |
| ghettos | crowded and dirty homes for immigrants; poor people |
| Homestead Strike 1892 | workers refused to work because long hours and weak pay; workers locked out and got new workers |
| industrialists | advertised on billboards, posters, published books, postcards to get customers to buy their products |
| patent | document given to inventor where he can charge others to use his product; Edison's lightbulb; phonograph and Bell's telephone |
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