Industrial Revolution Vocab Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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Bubble Act
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An act that allowed the creation of joint stock campaigns leading to monopolization
2
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John McAdam (hard-surfaced roads)
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Equipped road beds w/ layer of large stones for drainage. On top he placed a carefully smoothed layer of crushed rock
3
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Robert Fulton
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Invented the first steamboat
4
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George Stephenson
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Brit who built the fist successful steam locomotive
5
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Crystal Palace
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A cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851
6
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Credit Mobilizer
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A joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 yo build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high gov. Officials were accused of accepting bribes
