Industrialization Ch. 4 Flashcards
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Market economy
Buying and selling goods
Capitalism
A economic system that certain countries practice
Innovation
Create something new for the better
Second Industrial Revolution
New birth of economic growth
Bessemer process
Making pure steal
Telegraph
Used to communicate
Alexander Graham bell
Developed the telephone
Transatlantic cable
Cable from US to Europe through seas
Thomas Edison
Develops general light bulb
Wright Bros
Air planes
Madame CJ Walker
Cosmetics for African American women
Corporation
Group of people who own the company
Stock
Little piece of the company you can invest in
Entrepreneur
Person who’s going to take risks and innovate something and turn it into a success
Andrew Carnegie
Steel
John D. Rockefeller
Oil
JP Morgan
Famous banker bought by Carnegies company
Vertical Integration
Owns everything in its supply chain
Ex: like Andrew gets from the ground
Bessemer blah blah
Horizontal Integration
buy out or takes over others in the same industry
Trusts
Same as a monopoly, holding companies own a little in all other companies and majority in stock.
Monopoly
Owns most of the market
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Prevent Monopolies
Henry Flagler
Builds railroads to the keys