Industrial America Vocab

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Shift from farming to industrial economy...

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Industrialization

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Key factor in industrial growth:

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Railroads

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First railroad connecting east to west coast:

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Transcontinental railroad completion due to...

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Immigrant Workers

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Communication created by Samuel Morse transmitted over wires with electricity.

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The Telegraph

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The telephone, or "talking telegraph," was created by...

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Invention that created jobs for women in typing pools.

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Typewriter

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Who was known as "the commodore" during the American Industrial Revolution?

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Major businessman of the American Industrial Revolution who founded "Standard Oil"

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John D. Rockefeller

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John D. Rockefeller and "Standard Oil" created a ______ over the oil industry, having complete market control.

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Monopoly