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Industrial Age
Chapter 17/18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This was Thomas Edison's most significant achievement. It was also called the incandescent lamp. | Light bulb |
| He made large fortunes in the shipping business. Putted the NY Central Complex in place and integrated the Lake Shore in 1873. | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| Forms U.S steel, "world's first billion-dollar corporation." | J.P. Morgan |
| A metal that used to be very expensive until it could be produced by the hundreds by mixing different compounds. | Steel |
| The belief that new immigrants from Eastern Europe were inferior to those who were from Western Europe. | Nativism |
| A philanthropist who published "Gospel Wealth," and also had his own steel company. | Andrew Carnegie |
| Was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World | Eugene Debs |
| Tall apartment buildings that were dingy, dirty, crowded, and disease ridden. | Tenement |
| A combination of national craft unions established in 1886 | American Federation of Labor |
| This act stated that all charges made by railroad "shall be reasonable and just." | Interstate Commerce Act |
| The belief that the activities of people, that is, their business and social relationships were governed by the Darwinian principle, that the fittest will survive. | Social Darwinism |
| Who was the author of "Wealth Against Commonwealth," a book that attacked Standard Oil and applied Darwin's concept of survival of the fittest. | Henry Lloyd |
| These were community centers located in poor districts that provided guidance and services to all who would us them. | Settlement houses |
| __________Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West | Gilded Age |
| A photographer who used flash on his camera to capture the life of extreme poverty in New York City | Jacob Riis |
| The use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane. These extreme working conditions were common in the late 1800's in New York City | Child Labor |
| One company controlling an entire market for profit. | Monopoly |
| As a result of industrial expansion, there was a drastic increase in the need of labor. This in turn resulted in.. | New Immigration |
| This act states that the federal government can break up economic enterprises that are so big and powerful they have monopoly. | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| Focus on improving living conditions rather than on saving souls | Social Gospel |
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