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- 3. his most notable inventions were an early gas mask and a traffic light.
- 4. best known for his development of Florida's east coast. He was responsible for building the Florida East Coast Railway from Daytona to Key West.
- 6. responsible for the introduction and development of alternating current for light and power
- 8. a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity
- 10. authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them
- 12. a graphite lubricator, allowing superheated machinery to be oiled. Other inventions included a movable ironing board and lawn sprinkler.
- 15. the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
- 18. the first inexpensive industrial process that allowed for the mass production of steel.
- 19. developed "lightning wires" and "Morse code," an electronic alphabet that could carry messages.
- 21. created the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera
- 22. helped build the formidable American steel industry
- 24. a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so
- 25. known for reorganizing businesses to make them more profitable and stable and gaining control of them.
- 26. most well known for inventing the telephone.
- 27. telegraph cables were undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications.
- 29. A business or groups of businesses that control a specific market.
- 30. she invented the world's first hair-straightening formula and/or the hot comb
- 31. became the first people to fly a heavier than air, power controlled machine, known as the Wright Flyer.
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- 1. invented the automatic shoe lasting machine.
- 2. the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes
- 5. the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
- 6. developed his first railroad sleeping car
- 7. invented a folding cabinet bed to fit in small homes
- 9. a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars
- 11. founded the Standard Oil Company
- 13. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
- 14. businesses control and determine prices and demand in this economic system
- 16. a new method, idea, product, etc.
- 17. also known as the Technological Revolution, was a phase of rapid scientific discovery, standardization, mass production and industrialization from the late 19th century into the early 20th century.
- 20. invented a method for producing a more durable carbon filament, making incandescent lighting practical and affordable for consumers.
- 23. a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry.
- 28. the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.