People
Railroads and Unions
Robber Barons
Vocabulary
Random
100
Inventor of the light bulb.
Thomas Edison
100
A conflict in Chicago between union members and police resulting in seven deaths and over 60 people being wounded.
Haymarket affair
100
Made his fortune in the oil industry.
J.D. Rockefeller
100
A company wipes out its competitors and controls an industry.
Monopoly
100
Who won the election for Illinois Governor?
Bruce Rauner
200
Inventor of the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
200
The first railroad to go from the east coast to the west coast
The Transcontinental Railroad
200
Made millions in the steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
200
"Railroad Time"
Standard Time
200
What chapter did we just finish? (#)
20
300
Leader of the American Federation of Labor.
Samuel Gompers
300
The first national labor union.
Knights of Labor
300
Made a fortune in railroads and shipping. Even has a university named after him.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
300
A company with investors to help share the cost of growth.
Corporation
300
What time are PTC tonight?
4-7
400
One of the authors who coined the term "The Guilded Age."
Mark Twain or Charles Warner
400
Where the TC Railroad met.
Promontory Point, UT
400
Became a millionaire with banking and investments.
J.P. Morgan
400
A person gave large sums of money to charity.
Philanthropist
400
Who is the new manager of the Chicago Cubs?
Joe Maddon
500
Came up with a new way to make steel cheap and easily.
Henry Bessemer
500
Name the two companies that completed the TC railroad.
Union Pacific & Western Pacific
500
Made a lot of money in railroads, was commonly known as the first "Robber Baron."
Jay Gould
500
A type of economic system in which all members of society are equal owners of all business.
Socialism
500
What was the score of the Bulls game last night?
95-86
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