Vocabulary
angry farmers who demand for the government to to take action against the railroads
Christopher Sholes invented
The Typewriter
What are the four time zones in the United States?
Central, Pacific, Mountain, Eastern
John D. Rockefeller using spies to gain information from his competitors
Robber Baron
Credit Mobilier
was a scam to make a profit from overpriced railroad production
Alexander Bell invented
the telephone
True or False: Industrial Workers of the World, American Federation of Labor, and Knights of Labor are Union Labors who fight for better conditions
True
Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to libraries
Captain of Industry
laissez-faire
Capitalism that allows companies to conduct business without government intervention
Edwin L Drake successfully
used a steam engine to drill for oil
Why did the workers of George Pullman rise against him?
Strict rules, low wages, high rents
Vanderbilt cuts the cost of his prices to run competition out of business
Robber Baron
Sherman Antitrust Act
Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade
George Pullman created
the sleeper car
True or False: Social Darwinism supported the ideas of competition, hard work, and responsibility.
True
JP Morgan bailed out the US Government 3X from economic collapse
Captain of Industry
horizontal integration
Process in which companies producing similar products merge
This person helped Thomas Edison improve the lightbulb
Lewis Latimer
What is collective bargaining?
Negotiations between labor and management to win higher wages and shorter workweeks
John D. Rockefeller often used spies and extortion to influence railroads to work in his favor by offering him kickbacks and rebates denied to his competitors.
Robber Baron