Major Players Working cond It's Electric Factors for Industrialization Misc.
100
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
"Commodore" of shipping started with sail and steam and later moved on to trains.
100
What is triangle shirtwaist fire
Famous fire that ended up improving fire exits sprinkler systems
100
Who is Edison
Inventor of the incandescent light bulb
100
What is natural resources
Includes rivers and coal, petroleum, silver , gold, even lumber
100
What is kerosene
Lit everyone's homes brighter than ever in these lamps
200
Who is John D. Rockefeller
Ruthless business man, refiner of oil, controlled a monopoly
200
Who is Upton Sinclair
Wrote a book that brought about food inspection acts
200
What is direct
Generators produce this electrical current
200
What is High immigration
Many people from all over the world came to America to find freedom and jobs, with them they brought new ideas as well
200
What is Ellis island
Island where most immigrants were processed
300
Who is Andrew Carnegie
Rags to riches, famous philanthropist, steel beams for buildings
300
What is children
This part of the family often had to work to make ends meet
300
What is alternating current
Power lines carry this type of electrical current to homes and businesses
300
What is Advancement in transportation
This included steamboats, canals, railroads and eventually the automobile
300
What is a tenement building
Most immigrants lived in these buildings in NYC
400
Who is Henry Ford
Innovated the production process with assembly line
400
What is union
Workers from Homestead formed this
400
Who is tesla
First demonstrated wireless technology by lighting a bulb with no wires or batteries
400
What is new inventions
Inventors were protected by patents for their ideas which helped them contribute to the industrial revolution
400
What is mountains
Where most coal mines are located
500
Who Is JP Morgan
Thomas Edison's investor, and owner of US Steel and General Electric
500
What is fish canneries
A dangerous industry that children often worked in on the coast of ME
500
Who is tesla and westinghouse
This duo won the bid to light up the worlds fair
500
What is investment capital
Many industries started with the help of investors that loaned them property and money for a share of the company in return.
500
What is libraries
Carnegie built 25 of these in maine






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