American History Test Q3

What organization formed from agricultural training

Alexander G. Bell patented the 1st telephone

Invention of the Light Bulb

Interstate Commerce Act established the 1st regulatory agency

Sherman Antitrust Act

(1869-1877)

(1877-1881)

1881

(1881-1885)

(1885-1889)

(1889-1893)

(1893-1901)

(1897-1901)

great age of free enterprise capitalism, major technological advancements, and industrial expansion

Began the production of the twine binder

Planting a different crop each year to avoid depleting soil

produced a thornless cactus and new variety of potato

greatly increased wheat production in the U.S.

best remembered for his work at Tuskegee institute research with the peanut

What did Carver research

Established by Congress to study agricultural trends and aid American farmers

provided funds for agricultural colleges to establish experimental stations and research better farming methods

Established cooperative extension services and made county agents available

patented his 1st telephone in 1876

began in 1877

Greatest inventor in history

“Free Enterprise System”; the ability to make your own economic choices

What did Thomas Edison invent

Created the Bessemer process to convert iron to steel (1860s)

An American entrepreneur; became the leading producer of steel in the world

A person who organizes and manages a business undertaking

bought Carnegie’s company and formed the U.S. Steel Corporation

Drilled the U.S.’s 1st oil well in northwestern PA

owned the Standard Oil Company which controlled 90% of America’s oil production by 1900

founder of a large meatpacking firm who contributed to church education insitutions

donated millions to church organizations and education insitutions

Known for textiles, shoes, and papers

Meatpacking and flour milling

The South post Civil War; by 1920, the South produced more textiles than new England

Center of southern iron and steel; Pittsburgh of the South

A business that has received a charter from the state government

money used for business operations to make more money

partial ownership in a corporation that is sold to earn capital

(those who purchase the stock) earn dividends (profit) on each share; they can also sell their stock as the value of a business increases

a business owned by 1 person

A business owned by 2 or more individuals

What did JP Morgan form

What company did John D. Rockefeller own

In what year did the South produce more textiles than New England

What is Birmingham known as

What do Stockholders earn on each share

severe similar business controlled by a board of trustees to eliminate competition (Standard Oil the 1st trust)

large business organizations that provide important commodities; they control a specific market of goods

Scottish professor of philosophy

founded the Grange; a pro-farming organization that influenced political decisions

wanted the government to purchase and coin all silver in America

provided for a limited amount of silver to be minted each month

assassinated a few months into his presidency

Garfield’s VP who finished his term

regulated trade on trains between the states; America’s 1st regulatory agency

What did Adam Smith write

What did many Granges founded

What did the government planned to remove from circulation

What did the government wanted to prevent by removing greenbacks

Formed during Harrison administration

Demonstration against Carnegie Steel for higher wages

A group of unemployed men that marched to the capital in retaliation to the Panic of 1893

Affected states and businesses across America that used railways

Added a higher degree of protection to American industry than any tariff before this

reciprocal trade agreement with other nations

Rescue mission for the outcastes of society

founded the Salvation Army to provide for physical and spiritual needs

Young Women’s Christian Association that branched from the YMCA

1 of America’s greatest urban evangelists

Song leader for D.L.M.

founded to provide young people with training for Christian service

Spoke to larger audiences than anyone in America until this time

“The Moody of the South”

An Interpretation of the English Bible

evangelist to remote places of America

Founded “The American Red Cross”

Sought the “evangelization of the world in this generation”

What act did Congress pass in 1890 which broke up trusts and big businesses

What did President Cleveland issue to stop the strike

What did William Booth founded

Where was the Christian Conference that inspired the growth of foreign missions

The Great Chicago Fire

The Gilded Age

Mark Twain’s name for the Age of Industry

began a mission for the Chinese in San Francisco

The largest suspension bridge in the world when it was completed (Brooklyn, NY)

chief engineer

His son who completed the project after his death

destroyed Chicago because wood was the chief building material

Shelters for homeless and poor people

1st settlement house created in Chicago

The 1st state to give suffrage to women (1890)

led the suffrage movement

1st woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.

perfected the typewriter