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24 Cards in this Set
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Age of Industry |
A period of time when technology transformed American life. Many of our conveniences were first thought of or were made in that period. |
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Entrepreneur |
One who risks money and reputation in order to develop and market a new product. |
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Alexander Graham Bell |
Invented the telephone in 1876, with the help of Thomas Watson, who put the invention together. |
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Thomas Alva Edison |
Invented the incandescent lightbulb. |
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The Invention Factory |
Where Thomas Edison invented the storage battery, the electric generator, the phonograph and the motion picture machines. |
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George Washington Carver |
Majored in horticulture at Tuskegee Institute. Found over 300 uses for the peanut and several uses for sweet potatoes. |
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First Transcontinental Railroad |
Made up of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad. Chinese and Irish immigrants helped build the Transcontinental Railroad. Civil War veterans also helped. |
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Promontory Point, Utah |
Where the Union and Central Pacific Railroads met in 1869. |
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John and Washington Roebling |
John Roebling pioneered the idea for a suspension bridge, but after he died, his son Washington finished the Brooklyn Bridge project. The Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883. |
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Helped Office Management |
Typewriter, stock ticker tape, cash register, adding machine, telephone and electric lights. |
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Chicago, Illinois |
Was destroyed in a fire in 1871. Made a quick recovery and became one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. |
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Louis Sullivan |
Architect that helped rebuild Chicago. Afterwards, he went to St. Louis and built a skyscraper. |
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Wainwright Building |
The first modern skyscraper; built by Louis Sullivan |
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Why Chicago was famous |
Rich prairie soil, railroads, and working people. |
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Advances in Medicines |
Antiseptic and antithetics |
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Bellevue Hospital |
First school of nursing. |
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John Hopkins Medical School |
A medical research school. |
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Providence Hospital |
First interracial hospital in the United States. |
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Andrew Carnegie |
Became the world's greatest builder of public libraries. He also discovered an easier method of making steel. This made him the one of the wealthiest men in the world. |
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Carnegie Steel Company |
The largest steel company in the world. |
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Kerosene |
Replaced whale oil for lamps in homes and businesses. |
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Edwin L. Drake |
Drilled for oil outside of Titusville. His well was often called "Drake's Folly" until he struck oil in 1859. |
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John D. Rockefeller |
Founded the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, and eventually became the wealthiest man in America. |
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Lyman Stuart |
Founded the Union Oil Company, which became the largest oil company on the West Coast. |
