Inventors, Innovators, and Millionaire Tycoons
workers used to break strikes
The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson
Separate but equal
In what disaster did 146 female workers die in a fire?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Bought the NY World in 1883
Joseph Pulitzer
This occurs when a company acquires another company operating at the same level in the supply chain
horizontal integration
This is the school that was started by Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduces in the late 1800s?
Competition
he was an industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars and elegant sleeping cars.
George Pullman
Founder of the AFL
Samuel Gompers
the negotiation process between an employer and a union comprised of workers to create an agreement that will govern the terms and conditions of the workers' employment
collective bargaining
He is responsible for planning urban parks including Central Park
Frederick Law Olmstead
In 1870 how many railroads reached the west coast?
What is one?
introduced the Kodak camera
George Eastman
Outlawed monopolies and trust which interred with free trade.
Sherman Anti-trust Act
She orgnanized coal miners, their wives, and their children to fight for better working conditions
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
Skyscrapers were made possible due to these 2 innovations
elevators
internal steel skeletons
Developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel.
Henry Bessemer
The Interstate Commerce Act reestablished the right of the _______________ to supervise railroad activities and set up the Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose.
Federal Government
A violent confrontation between police and striking workers in Chicago on May 4, 1886
Haymarket Affair
The early 20th century school of painters who realistically portrayed urban life and working people was called
Ashcan School
He opened the first department sore in Chicago
Marshall Field