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WorksheetsIndustrial Era Vocabulary Part One
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
The process of combining multiple things into one
consolidation
robber baron
standard gauge
rebate
railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm
consolidation
standard gauge
robber baron
rebate
A person who became rich by playing the system and taking advantage of the rules. They usually were big bullies who treated their workers super rude.
consolidation
robber baron
standard gauge
rebate
a partial refund to someone
consolidation
robber baron
standard gauge
rebate
Physical or mental work
Labor
Model T
mass production
assembly line
The first car that was invented by Henry Ford, was developed using the assembly line system and was super affordable
labor
model t
assembly line
mass production
the production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process
labor
model t
assembly line
mass production
a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
labor
assembly line
model t
mass production
an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake
George Westinghouse
Eli Janney
Gustavus Swift
George Pullman
the inventor of the modern knuckle coupler that replaced link and pin couplers on North American railroads
George Westinghouse
Eli Janney
Gustavus Swift
George Pullman
He founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19th century, over which he presided until his death
George Westinghouse
Eli Janney
Gustavus Swift
George Pullman
He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town, Pullman, for the workers who manufactured it
George Westinghous
Eli Janney
Gustavus Swift
George Pullman
inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Cyrus Field
Lewis Latimer
an American industrialist and business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Lewis Latimer
Cyrus Field
an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Lewis Latimer
Cyrus Fields
an American patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb, among other inventions.
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Lewis Latimer
Cyrus Field
a legal entity or an organization that is separate and distinct from its owners
corporation
stock
monopolies
Sherman Anti-Turst Act
Pieces of a public industry that go for sale and allow for various stakeholders within the company
corporation
stock
monopolies
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
corportion
stock
monopolies
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
A formal law created to help interfere with with development of monopolies. It also helps increase trade and competition among companies.
corporation
stocks
monopolies
Sherman Anti Trust Act
an American business magnate and philanthropist. He made his riches off of oil
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V. Debs
Samuel Gompers
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V Debs
Samuel Gompers
an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and ran for president five times
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V Debs
Samuel Gompers
the first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V Debs
Samuel Gompers
an organization made up of members (a membership-based organisation) and its membership must be made up mainly of workers
Trade Union
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
an American labor group active in the late 19th century,
Trade Union
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor union
Trade Union
American Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
