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54 Cards in this Set
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Nikolaus Otto |
1876, first successful internal combustion engine |
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Göttlieb Daimler |
1876, internal combustion engine |
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Carl Benz |
1886, Mercedes-Benz, first practical patent for ICE |
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Michael Faraday |
1821, Electric and Electromagnetic Induction |
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Thomas Edison |
direct current, trumps alternating current (distance advantage) |
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Dynamo |
recreates electricity |
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dyes, ochem |
2ER; methylene blue, malachite green, cadmium red, cadmium yellow |
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Bakelite |
1869, heat resistant, replaced wood & animal parts |
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Rayon |
1892, synthetic fiber, replaced silk |
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Federal Patent Act |
Apr 10 1790 |
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Horizontal integration |
Carnegie, within same industry |
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vertical integration |
Rockefeller, different companies (same supply chain) |
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Carnegie |
rags to riches, steel magnate |
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Rockefeller |
oil refinery 1862, controlled oil by 1889 |
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JP Morgan |
could control stocks, Roosevelt against |
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General Electric |
Edison, 1889 |
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Westinghouse |
Tesla, 1886 |
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Alexander Graham Bell |
1876, telephone |
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Thomas Edison |
light bulb, stealing ideas from workers |
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Isaac Singer |
improved the sewing machine- company est. 1851 |
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Patent |
inventions- paper with design & function |
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Trademark |
Branding |
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Copyright |
Intellectual property |
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Division of Forestry |
1881, part of Roosevelt's conservation group |
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Adirondack Forest Preserve |
1883-1885, early intervention in NY |
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Forest Reserves Act |
1891, allowed Pres to set aside forest reserves as public domain. Everglades |
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Forest Management Act |
1897, USGS responsible for mapping reserves, stated criteria for reserve designations |
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Roosevelt and Pinchot's Progressivism |
Conservation, Preservation, 200mil acres of forest preserves |
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West/East Polemic |
Intervention issues with the gov in the east and people living in the west |
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Lacey Act |
1900, prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold |
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Migratory Bird Act |
1913, protected birds migrating between Great Britain (canada) and US (geese, sparrows, cranes) |
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Bureau of Biological Survey |
1905, killed vermin and predatory animals |
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Antiquities Act |
1906, Grand Canyon & Olympic Peninsula |
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Civilian Conservation Corps |
1933, New Deal |
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Works Progress Administration |
1935, New Deal |
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John Muir |
transcendentalism & science; glacial flow theory |
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Sierra Club |
1892, environmental organization |
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Hetch Hetchy Valley Reservoir |
dammed 1913, water arrivrd 1934 Yosemite National Park |
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Origins of Car Culture |
Henry Ford, American needs & values |
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Am. N&V |
large expanse, low pop. density individualism, democracy, antiurbanism |
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First Cars |
1885-1908, German: Daimler, Benz, Duryea; luxury |
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First American Cars |
luxury + low quality, small ephemeral firms, limited service |
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Henry Ford |
1896, first car; modeled after RE Olds 1908, breakthrough; model T, Highland Park |
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Fred Taylor |
Principles of Scientific Management, 1911 |
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Mass Production Model |
expand production, lower costs, lower price assembly line: 1913 |
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Fordism |
mass produced cars, minimum choice. depends on a homogenous market. minimal advertising |
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Ford wages |
5$ a day vs $2.50/day at other car manufacturers |
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General Motors |
AP Sloan, 1922-1937; surpassed Ford |
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Fashion Car |
Harley Earl's low integrated car body & dynamic obsolescence |
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1923, reorganuzed shopping |
beginnings of expansive shopping centers |
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Sears |
stores by mid-1920s |
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chain motels |
first drive-ins and motels by mid-1920s |
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Federal Highway Act |
1921 (cars) |
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Bureau of Public Roads |
1923 (cars) |
