Question | Answer |
What does an industry consist of? | ALL of the businesses that provide the same type of goods or services. (FALLS UNDER THE UMBRELLA!!!) |
Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
Who was the Captain of the STEEL Industry? | Andrew Carnegie |
Who invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and many other devices? | Thomas Edison "The Wizard of Menlo Park" |
Who was the Captain of the AUTOMOBILE Industry? | Henry Ford |
Who was the Captain of the OIL Industry? | John D. Rockefeller |
Who was the Captain of the SHIPPING & RAILROADS Industry? | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
Who invented the first successful airplane? | The Wright Brothers; Wilbur and Orville Wright |
Alexander Graham Bell invented the _____? | Telephone |
Andrew Carnegie was the Captain of what industry? | STEEL |
Thomas Edison invented _____? | The light bulb |
Henry Ford was the Captain of what industry? | AUTOMOBILE |
Who was the famous engineer and businessman who used assembly line techniques to create the first affordable automobile. | Henry Ford |
John D. Rockefeller was the Captain of what industry? | OIL |
This Ohio businessman started the Standard Oil Company and gained control of most of the oil business in the U.S. | John D. Rockefeller |
Cornelius Vanderbilt was the Captain of what industry? | SHIPPING & RAILROADS |
Who was a famous New York businessman who made a fortune in shipping and later in railroads? | Cornelius Vanderbilt |
What happened between the end of the Civil War (1865) and the start of World War I (1914)? | Industrialization (the growth of industry) |
What were the 4 reasons that INDUSTRIES grew rapidly? | 1. Access to raw materials and energy
2. Availability of labor (workers)
3. Inventions of many kinds (telephone/light bulb/airplane)
4. Financial resources (money, bank loans) |
What were the 4 reasons that BIG BUSINESSES arose? | 1. National Markets were created by transportation
2. Captains of Industry led growth
3. Advertising and Mail Order Catalogs developed
4. Lower cost of production (machines/assembly lines) |
Where was the textile (cloth making) industry concentrated? | New England states |
Where was the meat packing industry concentrated? | Chicago, Illinois |
Where was the steel industry concentrated? | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Where was the automobile industry concentrated? | Detroit, Michigan |
How did railroads link resources, products, and markets? | 1. Moved natural resources (raw materials) to eastern factories
2. Moved iron ore and coal to steel mills (mostly Pittsburgh, PA)
3. Moved finished products from factories to buyers all over |
How did Industrialization change FARM life? | Mechanization increased crop production and reduced farm labor needs. |
How did industrialization change CITY life? | Industrialization led to the growth of cities and created more jobs for workers. |
How did industrialization give more people access to more consumer goods? | Mail order catalogs became a new way for consumers to buy products. |
Who was the Scottish immigrant that created the nation's largest steel making business? | Andrew Carnegie |