Inventions
This invention helped make Steel stronger, cheaper and faster
What is the Bessemer Process
He created a Railroad Monopoly
Who is Vanderbilt
The Island that many Immigrants were held at before the entered the United States
What is Ellis Island
This Strike dealt with Carnegie's steel company in Homestead, PA
What is the Homestead Strike of 1892
He invented the Telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
This invention sped up Cotton Production
What is the Cotton Gin
He created a Steel Monopoly
Who is John D. Rockefeller
These "bosses" helped Politicians and Government Officials get elected to office
Who are Political Bosses
The most famous strike of the Industrial Age
What is the Haymarket Riot of 1886
This type of Government meant "Hands Off" the economy and no regulations to big businesses
What is Laissez-Faire
This invention provided an efficient source of industrial power, it is used to run factory machines, trains and steam boat
What is the steam engine
He was a Captain of the Steel Industry
Who is Carnegie
These types homes are where most Immigrants resided in.
What are Tenement Houses
After Railroad worker's wages were cut 3 times, the result was this strike
What is The Great Strike of 1877
The period was when American businesses grew very large
What is the Industrial Age
This invention Could send messages in a short amount of time
What is the Telegraph
He was a titan of Banking
Who is JP Morgan
The most famous of Political Bosses who ran Tammany Hall in New York City
Who is Boss Tweed
Which strike did police kill innocent works and dynamite was through into a crowd
What is the Haymarket Riot
This time period what based on corruption, big businesses, political bosses, and large gaps between the rich and the poor
What is the Gilded Age
This invention helped increase the shelf life of mile and other products and created vaccinations to prevent diseases
What is pasteurization and vaccinations
He created the first Automobile Company
Who is Henry Ford
How many Immigrants came to the United States during the Industrial Age
What is 20 million
This strike was unsuccessful after employees striked because of low wages and the inability to afford company owned housing
What is the Pullman Strike
This business practice is when companies purchase other companies that do the same thing
Horizontal Alignment