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Rise of Industry
Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gustavus Swift | developed railroad refrigerator cars |
| Cyrus Field | laid a transatlantic telegraph cable; transatlantic telegraph line |
| Samuel Gompers | Leader of the AFL |
| John D Rockefeller | formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio |
| Sir Henry Steel | A new way of producing stronger steel |
| Andrew Carnegie | Gospel of Wealth |
| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the telephone |
| George Eastman | invented a small camera |
| Henry Ford | Build the Model T and Assembly line |
| Edwin Drake | petroleum industry |
| Jam Matzelinger | shoe-making machine |
| George Westinghouse | transformers |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Railroad Tycoon |
| Haymarket Riot | a bomb was thrown and 11 people died |
| Homestead Strike | union dwindles after this event |
| JP Morgan | purchased steel company from Andrew Carnegie |
| Trusts Network | a group of corporations that united in order to reduce competition and control prices |
| Monopoly Consolidate | a company that controls all production and sales of a product or service |
| Child Labor | 2 million under age of 15; 1 million worked in farming; less pay than adults; laws limited hours and age |
| 3 Railroad or Robber Barons | Rockefeller oil; Carnegie steel; Vanderbilt railroad |
| 3 Labor Union Leaders | Gompers AFL; Jones ILGWU; Debs Pullman Strike |