Inventors
Vocabulary
Strike!
Big Business
Workers and Unions
100
Scottish born speech teacher who patented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
exclusive right to make and/or sell an invention
What is a patent?
100

This is to walk off a job to protest the working conditions.  

What is to Strike?

100
Born in Scotland - made his money in the steel industry. Became one of the richest men in the world.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
100
all workers working together for better treatment - wages, hours, etc
What is collective bargaining?
200

Introduced the model T - the first mass produced, semi-affordable car. Bonus - what else is he famous for that helped mass produce his product making it affordable?

Who is Henry Ford? The assembly line.

200
ownership of businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process
What is vertical integration?
200

Though technically not a strike, this horrible event took place because workers were protesting two deaths that DID take place during a strike.

What is the Haymarket Riot?

200
Got his start in the oil business, owned Standard oil company, quickly buying out lots of competitors. Controlled most of the pipelines.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
200
First National labor union - wanted: 8 hr work day equal pay for equal work end to child labor Led by Terence V. Powderly
What is the Knights of Labor?
300

Responsible for building the first lightweight airplane using a small gas powered engine (1903)

Who are Wilbur and Orville Wright?

300
owning of all businesses in a certain field.
What is horizontal integration?
300

BONUS

300
A view of society that believes in "survival of the fittest" -
What is Social Darwinism?
300
Another early labor union - organized of other smaller unions. Led by Samuel Gombers
What is American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
400

Had a research center in Menlo Park, New Jersey called the invention factory - held more than 1,000 patents.

Who is Thomas Edison?

400
total ownership of a product / service or field (( critics argued they were a problem because they pushed small companies out of business ))
What is a monopoly?
400

This was a violent strike that took place at Andrew Carnegie's factory in Pennsylvania.

What is the Homestead Strike?

400
Powerful business leader who helped to found the Central Pacific Railroad and also made money selling equipment to miners.
Who is Leland Stanford?
400
Female union activist - Irish immigrant. Known for organizing strikes and helping educate workers.
Who is Mary Harris Jones?
500

Created a method to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron. Revolutionized many industries with the availability of cheap, accessibly steel.

Who is Henry Bessemer?

500
Define the Second Industrial Revolution
What is a period of rapid growth in US manufacturing in the late 1800's.
500

This strike stopped traffic on many railroad lines until the federal government got involved.

What is the Pullman Strike?

500
This is what makes a corporation different from other businesses.
What is that it sells portions of its ownership called stock shares.
500
Published a book called The Principles of Scientific Management which stated that workers were basically interchangeable and replaceable. Made life more difficult for workers.
Who is Frederick W. Taylor?
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