Invention and innovations
This process, invented by an English innovator, creates stronger steel by using cold air to force out impurities
The Bessemer process
A company that entirely controls the supply of a given service, product, or industry
A monopoly
These medieval organizations were arguably the earliest labor unions. (Hint: remember the writer's strike)
Guilds
The most populated city in the United States was, and remains:
New York
New York City
Prior to the Transcontinental Railroad, existing railways connected the east coast to this state
Nebraska
From where to where did Cyrus Field's famous telegraph cable stretch?
Newfoundland to Ireland
Canada to Ireland
Under the Atlantic Ocean
How did investment bankers raise capital for their companies?
By selling securities (stocks and bonds)
The Knights of Labor was founded by members of this profession, in this city
Garment workers in Philadelphia, PA
Russia
Italy
Poland
What two railroads were contracted to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
This critically important transportation method led to the splitting of the continental United States into four time zones.
The railroad
Railways
Trains
This French phrase is often used to describe a free-enterprise based economic system
Laissez-faire
This man was responsible for reorganizing and revitalizing the labor union after the Knights of Labor collapsed
Samuel Gompers
The most common religion among established American families at this time was this brand of Christianity
Protestantism
Many workers on the Central Pacific line came from this country
China
These types of budlings were established to allow more people to live on the same amount of land
Skyscrapers
These companies, such as Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, could advertise and deliver products across the country
Mail-order companies
A particularly tragic and violent conflict broke out between striking workers and corporate management at this location in this state
Homestead, PA
Name at one obstacle that many new immigrants in the United States faced
Uneducated
Poor
Spoke little English
Anti-Catholic prejudice
Antisemitic prejudice
Many members of this religious group volunteered to help build the Transcontinental Railroad
Mormons
Latter-Day Saints
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Name America's first company to be worth $1 billion. (Hint: in Gary, IN, every student will know the answer to this)
U.S. Steel Corporation
This company, tied to the railway industry, was involved in a strike that was broken up on orders of President Grover Cleveland
The Pullman Company
Elevated trains
How was the Transcontinental Railroad's completion marked?
With a golden railway spike