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100
Who was the inventor that wanted to develop affordable lighting for homes and businesses?
Who is Thomas Edison
100
Which industry most spurred economic growth and westward expansion?
What are railroads.
100
Government group formed to oversee railroad operations
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission
100
The name of a person who invests money in a business venture to make a profit.
What is an entrepreneur
100
What goal do cartels, monopolies, trusts, and horizontal and vertical integration all share?
What is increasing profits
200
He led the American Railway Union.
Who is Eugene V. Debs
200
What two innovations did the production of lightweight steel help to bring about?
What are skyscrapers and suspension bridges
200
This labor union was open to workers from any trade.
What is Knights of Labor
200
What was the first labor organization that was founded?
What is Knights of Labor
200
What were two things that encouraged people to buy American goods?
What are Protective Tariffs, Monopolies, Patents, Laissez-Faire Government
300
Took on the leadership of the Knights of Labor in 1881.
Who is Terrence V. Powderly
300
An event stemming from wages being cut without a decrease in the cost of living in the company town.
What is Pullman Strike of 1893
300
Consolidates many firms involved in the same business into one giant company
What is Horizontal Integration
300
A system when one company controls the businesses that make up all phases of a product's development.
What is Vertical Integration
300
Which group did the Sherman Antitrust Act impose limitations on?
What is large corporations
400
Which labor leader began the American Federation of Labor?
Who is Samual Gompers
400
The technique that factory workers used to negotiate as a group for higher wages and better working conditions.
What is Collective Bargaining
400
Andrew Carnegie used this method to increase his profits.
What is Vertical Integration
400
A group that limited membership to skilled craftspeople and focused on economic reforms.
What is American Federation of Labor
400
This allowed us to improve bridges, factories, elevators, and other building materials.
What is Bessemer Process
500
The tycoon used horizontal integration to decrease costs and increase profits.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
500
In what three fields did significant technological innovation occur in the late 1800's?
What are building materials, communication, and transportation
500
What event resulted in the execution of anarchists and the decline of the Knights of Labor?
What is Haymarket Riot of 1886
500
The response to wage cuts at a Carnegie Steel Plant in 1892.
What is Homestead Strike
500
A political philosophy that favors public control of property.
What is Socialism
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