Industrialization

Oil industry

• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Abraham Lincoln

Steel industry

• Andrew Carnegie
• John D. Rockefeller
• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Steel changed people's lives in making possible the...

• Building of Skyscrapers
• Establishment of Time Zones
• Development of Electricity
• Use of Kerosene

Who greatly expanded the American railroad system?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

J.P. Morgan made a fortune through...

• Banking and Electricity

• Steel and Oil

• Railroads and Shipping

• Automobiles and the Assembly Line

Who invented the telephone?

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

• Karl Marx

How did Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb affect the economy?

• He formed a monopoly on electricity

• He caused electricity to go out of date

• He decreased the amount of electricity Americans used

• He increased the demand for electricity

What is one reason many Americans moved from rural to urban areas?

• urban areas

• immigration laws

• better heating

• job opportunities

What was Tesla's most important contribution?

• He invented things that prevented war.
• He invented things that helped many people make money.
• He invented things that raised our standard of living.
• He discovered the secret to the universe.

This led to faster production and lower prices

• Patent

• Assembly Line

• Dawes Act

• Automoblie