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SS Quiz 11-30-16
Industrialization/Inventions Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Edison | invented power plant, motion picture projector, phonograph |
| Andrew Carnegie | used “vertical integration” of steelmaking process to dominate the steel industry |
| vertical integration | controlling all aspects of the manufacturing process (warehouses, mines, steamships, railroads and factories) |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | made his fortune in railroads |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | tragedy resulted in many new safety laws passed |
| The Homestead Strike | a strike at one of Carnegie’s steel mills which led to violence with many getting killed |
| American Federation of Labor | a labor union founded by Samuel Gompers |
| Factory Conditions | workers worked for low pay and faced long hours and dangerous conditions |
| Guglielmo Marconi | invented first radio |
| John D. Rockefeller | controlled over 95% of the oil refining industry |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Bell telephone company |
| George Eastman | Kodak Camera Company |