Terms
all workers acting together, for a greater chance of success
Collective bargaining
built our nation’s first oil refinery in Pittsburgh.
Samuel Kier
The Knights of Labor was the largest and one of the most important American labor unions in the 1800s.
true
Who went to England and brought the Bessemer Process to America?
Andrew Carnegie
a legal agreement grouping together companies under directors
trust
total ownership of a product or service
monopoly
rushed the American Red Cross to the Johnstown Flood site
Clara Barton
Andrew Carnegie was the US governments savior during the two economic depressions
False- J.P Morgan
Matthias Baldwin of Philadelphia built the first American steam train, which moved at a speed of ……
16 mph
Who utilized the assembly line for their business?
Henry Ford
exclusive rights to make or sell and invention
patent
leader of the Knights of Labor union in the 1880s
Terence Powderly
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a non-union sweatshop.
built an oil-refining empire and founder of Standard Oil Company.
Rockefeller
blasting hot air through melted iron to remove impurities
Bessemer Process
business that sell portions of ownership called stock shares
corporations
discovered a cheaper method for making steel in England.
Henry Bessemer
Vanderbilt was was not fond of philanthropy but was a patriot.
true
tycoon of finance and banks
J.P. Morgan
In 1900, ________ made up ¾ of the total tons of freight hauled by railroads.
a union that only represented skilled workers
AFL
she was a union organizer who co-founded the l.W.W and worked at strikes
Mary Harris Jones
People who would work in place of the strikers were called scabs.
true
Who designed the sleeper cars that was attached to the funeral train carrying Lincoln’s body?
Pullman
The person most responsible for making the steel industry a big business in the US?
Andrew Carnegie