Unit 5 Vocabulary - The Second Industrial Revolution

Scottish-born American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and one of the most important philanthropists of his era

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

of or relating to the country, or agriculture

• urban

• rural

• suburban

• metropolitan

a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices

• robber baron

• philanthropist

• entrepreneur

• capitalist

the customs, arts, social institutions and achievements of a particular nation, people or other social group

• culture

• civilization

• society

• tradition

created the railway air brake system and promoted alternating current technology, which revolutionized the world's light and power industries

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

• George Westinghouse

• Alexander Graham Bell

founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world's wealthiest men and one of the first major philanthropists in the United States

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Ford

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes

• philanthropist

• entrepreneur

• activist

• benefactor

a term coined by Mark Twain to describe the period in the U.S. from 1870 to 1900, a period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Roaring Twenties

• Great Depression

the act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

• emigration

• immigration

• migration

• refugee status

the process by which an economy is transformed from a primarily agricultural one to one based on the manufacturing of goods

• industrialization

• urbanization

• globalization

• capitalism