2nd Industrial Revolution

a period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing in the late 1800s

• Assembly Line

• 2nd Industrial Revolution

• Monopoly

A way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove impurities.

• Bessemer Process

• Assembly Line

• Vertical Integration

American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

The exclusive rights to make or sell inventions

• Monopoly

• Patent

• Chinese Exclusion Act

Inventor of the telephone

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)

• Henry Ford

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Thomas Edison

brothers who were the first people to succeed in flying a powered airplane in sustained flight

• Thomas Edison

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Henry Ford

businesses that are owned by many investors who buy shares of stock

• Trust

• Monopoly

• Corporation

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

• Monopoly

• Trust

• Corporation

Complete control of a product or business by one person or group

• Monopoly

• Trust

• Corporation