A New Industrial Age

Who invented the typewriter?

• Edwin L Drake

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Christopher Sholes

• Thomas Edison

Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel & donates 90% of his wealth

• Andrew Carnegie

• Charles Darwin

• Eugene V Debs

• John D Rockfeller

Who developed a cheap, effective way to process steel?

• Thomas Edison

• John D Rockefeller

• Henry Bessemer

• George Pullman

Criticized as a robber baron & served as head of the Standard Oil Company

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Christopher Sholes

What did monopolies do?

• Prevented technological innovation

• Limited competition

• Decreased the urban growth rate

• Failed to keep pace with European industries

What was a robber baron?

• Stole from the rich & gave to the poor

• Encouraged conservation of resources

• Leaders of labor unions

• Used ruthless business tactics

The Interstate Commerce Act & Sherman Antitrust Act did what?

• Regulated some aspects of big businesses (railroads & monopolies)

• Favored big businesses over consumers

• Kept the government in check

• Expanded monopolies & trusts

What did Social Darwinism not want

• Industrialization

• Accumulation of wealth

• Government regulation/interference

• Reduce corporate income taxes

Munn v. Illinois meant to help

• Consumers

• Big businesses

• Railroad companies

• Monopolies

What allowed towns and cities to grow away from rivers?

• Invention of steel

• Railroads

• Telephones

• Electricity