General Information about Industry and Big Business
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| What does an industry consist of? | ALL of the businesses that provide the same type of goods or services. (FALLS UNDER THE UMBRELLA!!!)
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| Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell
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| Who was the Captain of the STEEL Industry? | Andrew Carnegie
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| Who invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and many other devices? | Thomas Edison "The Wizard of Menlo Park"
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| Who was the Captain of the AUTOMOBILE Industry? | Henry Ford
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| Who was the Captain of the OIL Industry? | John D. Rockefeller
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| Who was the Captain of the SHIPPING & RAILROADS Industry? | Cornelius Vanderbilt
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| Who invented the first successful airplane? | The Wright Brothers; Wilbur and Orville Wright
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| Alexander Graham Bell invented the _____? | Telephone
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| Andrew Carnegie was the Captain of what industry? | STEEL
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| Thomas Edison invented _____? | The light bulb
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| Henry Ford was the Captain of what industry? | AUTOMOBILE
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| Who was the famous engineer and businessman who used assembly line techniques to create the first affordable automobile. | Henry Ford
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| John D. Rockefeller was the Captain of what industry? | OIL
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| This Ohio businessman started the Standard Oil Company and gained control of most of the oil business in the U.S. | John D. Rockefeller
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| Cornelius Vanderbilt was the Captain of what industry? | SHIPPING & RAILROADS
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| Who was a famous New York businessman who made a fortune in shipping and later in railroads? | Cornelius Vanderbilt
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| What happened between the end of the Civil War (1865) and the start of World War I (1914)? | Industrialization (the growth of industry)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| Where was the textile (cloth making) industry concentrated? | New England states
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| Where was the meat packing industry concentrated? | Chicago, Illinois
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| Where was the steel industry concentrated? | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| Where was the automobile industry concentrated? | Detroit, Michigan
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| 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
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| How did Industrialization change FARM life? | Mechanization increased crop production and reduced farm labor needs.
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| How did industrialization change CITY life? | Industrialization led to the growth of cities and created more jobs for workers.
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| How did industrialization give more people access to more consumer goods? | Mail order catalogs became a new way for consumers to buy products.
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| Who was the Scottish immigrant that created the nation's largest steel making business? | Andrew Carnegie
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