Industrial Revolution

Perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an electrical power system, and organized power plants

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Christopher Sholes

• Andrew Carnegie

Invented the Telephone

• Thomas Edison

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Christopher Sholes

Created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of the Standard Oil Company

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

The Sherman Antitrust Act

• Outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade

• Was supported by millionaire industrialists

• Was used by labor unions to fight for workers’ rights

• Encouraged the establishment of large-scale businesses

All of the following, EXCEPT _________ were natural resources used during the Industrial Revolution time period

• Oil

• Diamonds

• Coal

• Iron Ore

When one company exclusively owns all of one industry.

• Trust

• Monopoly

• Corruption

• Sorry

What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?

• ruralization

• inflation

• urbanization

• colonization

Industrialists from the late 19th or early 20th century that became extremely rich through dishonest or unethical practises

• Customers

• Inventors

• Congressmen

• Robber Barons

All but these individuals were the main workers in factories at this time

• Immigrants

• Women

• Chinese Americans

• Children

When a company buys out their competition

• Anti-trust

• Trust

• Vertical Integration

• Horizontal Integration