Florida
Inventions
Labor Unions
Other Information
100
This man bought railroads, built hotels, and managed a successful oil company
Who is Henry Flagler
100
inventor of the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
100
the three goals labor unions had for their workers
What are better working conditions, higher wages, and fewer hours
100
laws put in place to curb railroad corruption
What is the Granger Laws
200
Citrus died and it took fifteen years to recover
What is the Great Freeze of 1894-95
200
Christopher Sholes
What is the typewriter
200
labor union that supported all individual workers
What is the Knights of Labor
200
Number of time zones the the continental United States is divided into
What is four time zones
300
This man bought railroads and helped steam ships arrive
Who is Henry Plant
300
This invention or process made it possible to build skyscrapers
What is the Bessemer Process
300
labor union that believed in socialism - everyone has the same amount of wealth
What is the International Workers of the World (IWW)
300
belief that success and failure is natural law and each person's responsibility
What is Social Darwinism
400
Not native to Florida and brought over by Columbus
What is citrus
400
Inventor for the food preservation process
Who is Amanda Theodosia Jones
400
Pullman Strike
What is the strike caused by strict rules where employees could not drink alcohol, loiter, and were charged high rates
400
act put in place to maintain free competition but was hard to enforce
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act
500
This man is known for railroads on the east coast of Florida
Who is Henry Flagler
500
The three men involved in the Bessemer process
Who is Henry Bessemer, William Kelly, and Andrew Carnegie
500
strike where the public turned against labor unions
What is the Haymarket Affair
500
the three factors for the industrial boom in America
What are the wealth of natural resources, government support for business, and urbanization of cities
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