key terms
A growing urban population, a wealth of natural resources and an explosion of invention are the effects of this.
What is industrialization.
The name given to a large group of workers who unite together against an work industry for their improvement.
What is a labor union.
This law was enacted to eliminate monopolies.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
This business man bought multiple small railroads to create one large railroad.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt.
A invention by Alexander Graham Bell.
What is the telephone.
The name given to the period of invention,big business and urbanization between 1865 and 1900 in the U.S.
What is the Industrial Revolution.
This name was given to the large labor strike in Chicago that protested against police brutality at the McCormick Harvester plant the day before. Many police and workers died in the riot.
What is the Haymarket Affair.
The law that enabled the federal government to regulate the railroads and shipping industry.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act.
Professor Dowd proposed the earth be divided into 24 of these which synchronized time and congress adopted them as railroad time in 1918.
What is time zones.
This person was credited for the creation of the incandescent light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison.
Social Darwinism discouraged this government response to large corporations. (survival of the fittest)
What is government regulation of big business.
This is the name of the labor union that Samuel Gompers lead.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
This process gained Andrew Carnegie total control of the steel industry by buying raw material producers,manufactures and distributors.
What is vertical integration.
The robber baron who made his fortune in the steel industry by using vertical integration.
Who is Andrew Carnegie.
This technique involving injecting air into iron ore to remove the carbon and more efficiently turn it into this type of steel.
What is Bessemer process.
A source provided by someone who experienced it.
What is a primary source.
Name three changes that unions fought for.
What are higher wages, less hours and better working conditions.
This name was given to men who made their money through corruption, exploitation of workers and monopolies.
Who are the Robber Barons.
The name given to the group of farmers and small businessmen who fought against the railroad industry.
What is the Grange
In 1867 Christopher Sholes invented this.
What is the typewriter.
This term means total ownership of a product without competition.
What is a monopoly.
This name was given to the radical unionists and socialists in the west.
What is Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies).
This business practice was one that bought out all competitors to control a market.
What is horizontal consolidation.
A person who made their fortune by creating trusts and monopolizing
Who made their fortune by creating trusts and monopolizing.
How did the invention of the gas powered engine effect the rural population.
What is urban migration.