Ch 18 Industry and Urban Growth

What factors were in place at the end of the Civil War that helped create industrial growth soar?

• New inventions and Expanding natural resources 
• Money

How does a patent protect inventors?

• It allows them to talk to other businesses 
• It allowed them to set up meetings with corporations
• It gave them feedback
• The inventor can have the right to make and sell the invention

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

• microphone
• microscope
• telephone

Why were railroads important?

• They were fast
• They were able to help
• They carried people and goods/raw materials

What is an entrepreneur

• Someone who sets up a business to make money
• Someone who loves what they do
• Someone who gives orders

What is a monopoly?

• A board game
• When business lose ties with eachother
• A company that controls most or all business in a particular industry

What was the working condition like for women and children?

• Fun and exciting
• Horrible, low pay
• Great, high pay

Workers went on strike and created......?

• Railroads
• Labor unions
• Funds
• Trusts

What did labor unions want in return?

• Higher wages, shorter hours, safer working conditions
• More friends
• More help
• Feedback from their boss

What is urbanization?

• The increase in hospitals 
• The rapid growth of city population
• The decrease in rural areas