Industrial Titans
He dominated the steel industry and practiced vertical integration.
Andrew Carnegie
This Half-Breed Republican from Ohio became president but was assassinated in 1881.
James A. Garfield
One of the four causes of America’s industrial growth was the rapid growth of this.
nation's population
A “robber baron” was a wealthy industrialist often accused of this unethical behavior.
exploiting workers or eliminating competition unfairly
This act created the Civil Service Commission to reduce the spoils system.
Pendleton Act
This oil magnate used horizontal integration to build Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
Garfield’s vice president, a Stalwart from New York, who later became president.
Chester A. Arthur
This inventor gave the world the phonograph, lightbulb, and motion-picture projector.
Thomas Edison
A business structure where trustees manage multiple companies under one system
trust
This organization was responsible for ensuring only qualified candidates held government office.
Civil Service Commission
This financier formed the first billion-dollar corporation, U.S. Steel.
J.P. Morgan
The winner of the 1884 election, and the first Democrat president in 28 years.
Grover Cleveland
The most important communication invention of the late 19th century.
telephone
When one company owns every step from raw materials to finished goods.
vertical integration
The term for the South’s effort to rebuild its economy after the Civil War.
New South
He built the Great Northern Railroad without any government funding.
James J Hill
The Republican who defeated Cleveland in the 1888 election.
Benjamin Harris
The inventor of the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
When a company controls one entire segment of an industry.
horizontal integration
The four major political issues of the late 19th century included civil service reform, government corruption, tariff revision, and this.
regulation of trusts
This entrepreneur made his fortune in the tobacco industry.
James Buchanan Duke
This Ohio representative gave his name to a tariff that raised import duties in 1890.
William McKinley
Name two of the four key causes of industrial growth in the late 1800s.
growth of population, innovative spirit, government support for business, and new power sources?
This 1890 law made monopolizing businesses illegal.
The 51st Congress was called this because it passed a budget exceeding $1 billion.