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Industry/city growth
Vocab and people for the Industrial Revolution.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Patent | A document giving someone the sole right to make and sell an invention. |
| Thomas Edison | The man that worked in the "Invention Factory" and created many useful devices most commonly known, the Light bulb. |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the telephone in 1876. The patent for the telephone was the most valuable patent ever. |
| Henry Ford | An American manufacturer that perfected a system to mass produce cars for a low cost; the assembly line. |
| Assembly line | Invented by Henry Ford,the assembly line was a manufacturing method in which a product is put together as it moves along a belt. |
| Wilbur and Orville Wright | Created the first gas-powered plan and tested it in Kitty Hawk, NC. The first flight stayed in the air for 12 seconds and flew 120 feet! |
| Entrepreneur | Someone who sets up new businesses to make a profit. |
| Corporations | Businesses owned by many investors. |
| Monopoly | A company that controls most or all business in a particular industry. |
| Trust | A group of corporations run by a single board of directors. |
| Free Enterprise | The system in which privately owned businesses compete freely. |
| Urbanization | The rapid growth of city populations. |
| Assimilation | The process of becoming part of another culture. |