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Part 2 tests
Tuesday-
How did growth of the steel industry influence the development of other industries?
How did inventions and developments in the late 19th century change the way people worked?
Industrial Revolution- took places in late 1700s and early 1800s Natural resources, creative ideas and growing markets made the industrial boom. Technological developments of the late 19th century made the growth of american industry.
Vocab- Entrepreneur
Edwin L. Drake- Used steam engine to drill for oil
Bessemer Process- A cheap and efficient process for making steel
Thomas Edison- Created an industrial research lab, electricity, and the light bulb
Christopher Sholes- invented the typewriter
Alexander Bell-invented telephone
Natural Resources- Coal, Iron Ore, Steel, Oil
Government giving businesses money
Growing cities
cheap labor
new products
Oil Boom- Edwin Drake used a steam engine to drill oil out of the ground. Many other states followed his lead. Many refining companys started in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Standard oil company- was founded in Cleveland Ohio by John Rockefeller. On the shore of lake Erie Connected to oil wells of Pennsylvania by railroad.
First environmental concerns/ pollution from the refinery
Air and water- put oil into river- fires broke out on the water
Bessemer Process-Coal and Iron were readily available in the US. Iron was dense but it was easily rusted. Bessemer Process took the air out of the steel. Railroads bought huge amount of steel to build their tracks. Brooklyn Bridge made of steel and called in the Wonder of the World. Steel was used to make Skyscrapers- steel could bear the weight of the building so they could make the buildings much taller.
Inventions- Photography, Telegraph,Dynamite,Motion Picture,Reaper,Sewing Machine,Radio,Airplane.
Electricity- The light bulb was important because they could work later and light up their house. Electricity was important because they could run many machines.
Wednesday-
Inventions- Photography, Radio, telegraph, Airplane, Dynamite
Vocab Words-
Henry Ford's Quadricycle-
Model T-
Principles of Scientific Management-
Interchangeable Parts-
Assembly Line-
Division of Labor-
Mass Production-
Thursday-
Typewriter and Telephone- Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter, and Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Created jobs for women.
Consumers- people were spending money to buy things, cities were growing.
Why did people, especially farmers, demand regulation of the railroads in the late 19th century?
Unfair prices, no competition so they prices could be what they wanted it to be.
Why were attempts at the railroad regulation often unsuccessful?
Transcontinental Railroad- A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the US.
George M. Pullman- built a factory where luxury sleeper cars for the trains were built; known as the Pullman car.
Credit Mabilier- a construction company formed by the Union Pacific Railroad to fraudulently skim off railroad profits for themselves.
Munn v. Illinois- Supreme Court ruled in favor of the farmers and consumers and establishing the right of government to regulate private industry to serve the public interest.
Interstate Commerce Act- Law that established the federal government's
Age of Railroads- Railroads made traveling easy and moving west possible for both business and people
The government gave the railroads huge land grants and loans
1890 there was over 190,00 miles of track in the US. Made the American Dream possible. The central pacific and the Union pacific railroads built the transcontinental railroad.
Immigrants working on the railroad- Union Pacific hired Irish and civil war vets. The Central Pacific hired Chinese immigrants. The working conditions were awful, Native American attacks, Accidents, Disease, Over 2000 people died, and 20000 were injured. The Asian immigrants earned less than white workers. White workers received $40-60 a month and free meals, but Chinese workers were paid $35 a month and had to bring their own meals. Dug tunnels by hand through granite mountains. Worked while surrounded by walls of snow. Many were buried in avalanches or frozen to death.
Time Zones- Each town still had it's own time- noon was when the sun was directly overhead 1869 Professor C.F. Dowd divided the earth into 24 time zones, one for each hour of the day. United States has four time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific
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