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4. This inventor created a process that converted iron to steel in 1856. This new system allowed for the mass production of steel.

5. Henry Bessemer

6. He invented the telephone in the late 1800’s

7. Alexander Graham-Bell

8. He is credited for creating the first lightbulb, when he created the first long lasting lightbulb.

9. Thomas Alva Edison

10. Invented the first affordable car know as the “Model T” in 1908.

11. Henry Ford

12. Who invented the typewriter and the Qwerty Keyboard

13. Christopher Sholes

14. When you’re a risk taker that uses your talents to manage investing and starting new ventures, you are considered a ….

15. Entrepreneur

16. If you dominate the game, you have evolved and have been naturally selected to succeed. This business belief during the IR is an aspect of this Theory.

17. Social Darwinism

18. An economic system in which private business run most industries; competition determines prices and wages. A free market economy.

19. Capitalism

20. An industry in which one corporation has complete control of a product or service

21. Monopoly

22. A period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, staring in the year 1900 & lasting until 1920.

23. The Progressive Era

24. Who are the reformers that write about the social problems of their time.

25. Muckrakers

26. What was the poverty level in dollars for a family of six in 1900?

27. $600

28. What was the average earnings of an American worker in 1900?

29. $500

30. Name a president during The Progressive Era other than Teddy Roosevelt

31. William Howard Taft or Woodrow Wilson

32. What was an area where Progressivism made little or no change?

33. Reducing racial segregation or assisting the growth of workers’ union

34. Factory where employees work long hours at low wages and under poor working conditions.

35. Sweatshop

36. An organized association or workers formed to protect and further their rights and interest

37. Labor Union

38. Favoring or implementing social Reform or new liberal ideas

39. Progressive

40. A period of growth in population, cities, and factories starting in Britain in the 1700’s

41. Industrial Revolution

42. He was the Englishmen who brought the IR to the United States

43. Sam Slater

44. Samuel B Morse created a machine for sending messages over wires, using electricity. This machine was called the….

45. Telegraph

46. Made travel across the country faster, cheaper and more efficient. Connected at Promontory Point Utah

47. Transcontinental Railroad

48. Was a shortcut from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

49. Erie Canal

50. Was a shortcut from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean (or backwards). Construction originally started by the French & was completed by the U.S. in 1901.