Inventions/inventors
Henry Bessemer used his namesake process to make this material widely available to the United States
What is Steel
This state was the first to try and control the railroads by creating a commission "to establish maximum freight and passenger rates and prohibit discrimination"
What is Illinois
This titan is most know for merging smaller rail roads in the North and Midwest into one large network.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
The name for someone that crosses a picket line or otherwise breaks a strike to work
What is a scab
This is the term for when someone is given a political job because they helped someone get elected.
What is Patronage
These men allowed factories more freedom when it came to placement because of their advancements in the field of electricity
Who are Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse
This supreme court case set the precedent that the government could regulate private business for the interest of public
What is Munn v. Illinois
This man is most know for his use of vertical integration, where he bout every aspect of the business from suppliers to end product, to make his steel empire.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
This union was the first American union made for both skilled and unskilled labor
This bottom level of the political machine usually delt with singular blocks or neighborhoods and started fairly young
What are Precinct Workers
This man created towns around his factories that had everything someone may need to live day to day life, at the expense of certain freedoms.
Who is George Pullman
This Supreme court case ruled that states could not set rates on railroads that traveled in between states.
What is Wabash v Illinois
This man used horizontal integration to buy out his competitors in order to put them under a trust, all in the name of fuel.
Who is John D Rockefeller
What is a Closed Shop
This general term is for when someone illegally uses political influence for personal gain
What is Graft
Protestants fell in love with this idea because it centered around individual blame and responsibility, the rich loved it because it said they were better and stronger then the rest.
What is Social Darwinism
In response to the overturning of Munn v Illinois, congress passes this act, giving the federal government the right to regulate the railroads
What is the Interstate Commerce Act
This man was the jack of all business, creating massive holdings in the railroads, steel, and farm equipment industry.
Who is J.P. Morgan
This incident that results in 4 workers hanged, was the start of the loss of public support for the labor union
What was the Haymarket Affair
This president tried to fight back against the tradition of corruption by appointing independents to his cabinet
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
The Home Insurance Building in Chicago was the first one of these ever designed
What is Steel Frame Skyscraper
The ICC had a hard time enforcing the ICA because of this phrase, which was the ICC's main objective
What is "Reasonable and Just"
This man won the case United States v. E. C. Knight Co. giving him a 98% control of the sugar industry
Who is Henry Havemeyer
Industry leaders start to use this anti-monopoly law to fight against unions, saying that boycotts and strikes interfere with trade.
Whenever loyalty was not enough to carry an election, the political machine turned to this tactic to secure votes
What is fraud