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Edwin L. Drake |
First man to successfully use a steam engine to drill for oil. |
Driller Drake |
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Bessemer Process |
When you inject air into molten iron in order to create steel. |
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Thomas Edison |
He improved the lightbulb. |
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Christopher Sholes |
Invented the typewriter |
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Alexander Graham Bell |
Invented the telephone |
Bellephone |
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Transcontinental Railroad* |
Railway that connected the East to the West |
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Workers of the Union Pacific |
Irish Immigrants |
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Workers of Central |
Chinese Immigrants |
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Why are timezones needed? |
To establish a uniform time |
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Credit Mobilier |
A Construstion Co. That schemed the government out of millions, by lying and saying they laid more rails than they did |
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What did the Interstate Commerce Act do? |
Supervised railroad activities, and established a commitee to regulate railroad rates. |
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Andrew Carnegie |
A Scottish immigrant who produced steel |
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Vertical Integration |
When a company owns the supply chain of an industry |
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Horizontal Integration |
When 2 or more businesses operate the same industry |
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John D Rockefeller |
Owned the Standard Oil company. |
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What is the belief of Social Darwinism |
Survival of the fittest |
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Henry Ford |
Owned the Ford Motor Co. |
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What did the Sherman Anti-Trust act do? |
Outlawed monopolies and trusts |
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What is a trust? |
When someone's property or money is legally handle by someone else |
Kinda like a bank |
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What is a labor union? |
A group of workers who try to negotiate with employers over wages, hours, and working conditions. |
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