Chapter 20 3 4 Flashcards
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What is a patent
license for a new invention
What does Transatlantic mean
crossing or spanning the Atlantic Ocean
What is the moving assembly line
method of production in which workers stay in one place as products edge along a moving belt
What is mass production
process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply
How long has the telegraph been in use
1844
What did Cyrus Fields do
Had the idea to lay a cable in the Atlantic so America and Europe can communicate
How many failed attempts were made when laying the cable between Europe and N. America
5
When did the Great Eastern succeed laying the cable
1866
Who sent the first message between the 2 continents
Queen Victoria sent President James Buchanan a message
Who invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
What did Thomas Edison invent
The lightbulb, the phonograph, the movie industry, and hundreds of other devices
Who invented refrigeration
Gustavus Swift
Who perfected/invented the typewriter
Christopher Sholes
Who made the first handheld (lightweight Kodak camera)
George Eastman
Who created a device to automatically oil engines
Elijah McCoy
Who found a way to send telegraph messages between moving trains
Granville T. Woods
Who invented a machine that could make shoes almost all by its self
Jan Matzeliger
Where were the first cars made
Europe (Germany, Benz Patent-Motorwagen)
Who made the moving assembly line
Henry Ford
Who invented the Aeroplane
Orville and Wilbur Wright
When was the first flight
December 17, 1903
What were the Knights of Labor
an American labor organization founded in 1869 to protect the rights of workers
What is a sweatshop
workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay
What is a strikebreaker
replacement for a striking worker
