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American Cultures 9 Industrial Revolution
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History
9th Grade
11/18/2010

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Thomas Alva Edison
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mass produced electricity
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William Le Baron Jenney
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Steel-framed skyscraper
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William Kelly
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Bessemer process
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Alexander Graham Bell
Definition
telephone
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Christopher Sholes
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typewriter
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Edwin L. Drake
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Steam engine oil drill
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Munn v. Illinois
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gave states the right to regulate railroads
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Andrew Carnegie
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Steel magnate
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Bessemer process
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improved steel-making procedure
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Social Darwinism
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promoted business competition
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horizontal integration
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merging of similar companies
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credit mobilier
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major railroad scandal
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Samuel Gompers
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president of the AFL
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Only after _________ successfully used a steam engine to drill oil did removing oil from below the earth's surface become practical
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Edwin L. Drake
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The _________________ reaffirmed the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities
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Interstate Commerce Act
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___________ became one of the wealthiest and most powerful industrialists as head of the Standard Oil Company
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John D. Rockefeller
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The Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah, to create the nation's first __________________.
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transcontinental railroad
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_______ made it illegal to form trusts that interfered with free trade between states.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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True or False: The major factors of the nation's industrial boom were a wealth of natural resources, government support for business, and an abundance of farmland.
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True
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T/F: Removing the carbon from ion produces a lighter, more flexible, and rust-resistant metal known as steel
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True
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T/F:
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Railroad companies, which sought to build thousands of miles of track, became the biggest customers for steel.
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T/F: By 1910, women made up only 5 percent of the nation's clerical workforce.
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False. By 1910, women made up 40% of the nation's clerical workforce
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T/F: The popularity of the automobile prompted entrepreneurs to transform more oil into kerosene
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False. The popularity of the automobile prompted entrepreneurs to use oil for gas in automobiles.
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