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American manufacturing company. It was founded on January 8, 1886, the company pioneered long-distance power transmission and high-voltage transmission.
Who is Westinghouse?
100
used in 1800 to keep live stop from getting away later was used to shred people from intruding on private property
What is Barbed wire
100
was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leader was Terence V. Powderly promoted the social and cultural uplift of the workingman, rejected Socialism and radicalism, demanded the eight-hour day, and promoted the producers ethic of republicanism.
What is knights of labor
100
was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his assassination in September 1901. led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals.
What is william mckinley
100
Global production of key metals surged 14.3 percent in 2010 to a record 1.48 billion tons, in a robust recovery from the sharp decline spurred by the 2009 global recession.
What is metal production recovers
200
was an American industrialist and philanthropist, He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
who is Rockefeller
200
The company was founded by cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith in New York City in 1885 as Binney & Smith. Initial products were colorants for industrial use, including red iron oxide pigments used in barn paint and carbon black chemicals used for making tires black and extending their useful lifespan.
What is crayola crayons
200
s one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. Samuel Gompers of the Cigar Makers' International Union was elected president of the Federation at its founding convention and was reelected every year except one until his death in 1924. was the largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the 20th century
What is the american federation of labor
200
was the founder and CEO of U.S. Healthcare, and has become a major philanthropist in the Philadelphia area.
What is Leonard Abramson
200
Approximately 1 billion people in 96 countries now belong to a co-operative—a form of business characterized by democratic ownership and governance—according to the International Co-operative Alliance. Co-operatives are low-profile but powerful economic actors, with the world’s 300 largest ones generating revenues in 2008 of more than $1.6 trillion. If these businesses were a national economy, they would rank ninth in the world—ahead of the economy of Spain.
What is emerging co-operatives
300
a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the highest profile philanthropists of his era.
who is carnegie
300
Edison's version was able to outstrip the others because of a combination of three factors an effective incandescent material a higher vacuum than others were able to achieve by use of the Sprengel pump and a high resistance that made power distribution from a centralized source economically viable. Thomas edison creator
What is the light bulb
300
is a landmark federal statute on competition law passed by Congress in 1890. It prohibits certain business activities that reduce competition in the marketplace, and requires the United States federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies, and organizations suspected of being in violation. It was the first Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, and today still forms the basis for most antitrust litigation by the United States federal government.
What is Sherman Antitrust Act
300
was an American banker and financier, scion of a prominent political family, and US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. created chase national bank
What is Winthrop W. Aldrich
300
The world’s forests shrank by 1.3 percent or 520,000 square kilometers from 2000 to 2010—an area roughly the size of France.
What is worlds forest continue to shrink
400
worked on the problem of manufacturing cheap steel for the purposes of ordnance production from 1850 to 1855 when he patented his method.
who is Sir Henry Bessemer
400
His invention, the Royal Flushometer, is a diaphragm-type valve which was the original product of Sloan Valve Co . valves use pressure from the water supply system rather than the force of gravity to discharge water into the bowl of toilets and urinals. A topmost diaphragm separates a pressure chamber from the main water supply.
What is flushing toilet
400
On July 16, 1877, workers in that town drove all the engines into the roundhouse and boldly declared that no train would leave until the owners restored their pay. The local townspeople gathered at the railyard to show their support for the STRIKERS. A great showdown was on.
What is great upheaval
400
president and chairman of Prentice-Hall, which publishes books and provides newsletters and tax services
What is Paul R. Andrews
400
The gross world product increased by just 0.3 percent in 2009 as the Great Recession took hold in many of the world's economies. World output is expected to have recovered somewhat in 2010, with growth estimated at roughly 4 percent.Nov 22, 2010
What is global output stagnant
500
was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone
What is Alexander graham bell
500
invented in 1860, is a mechanical or electromechanical device with keys that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. Typically one character is printed for keypress, and the machine prints the characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the sorts used in movable type letterpress printing.
What is type writer
500
Wall Street financiers and powerful trust titans to be acting foolishly. While they were eating off fancy china on mahogany tables in marble dining rooms, the masses were roughing it. There seemed to be no limit to greed. If docking wages would increase profits, it was done. If higher railroad rates put more gold in their coffers, it was done.
What is trust buster
500
creator of taco bell
who is Glen W. Bell
500
After declining from 2004 to 2007, global unemployment took an upturn in 2008 and then sharply rose to 212 million in 2009.
What is unemployement and employement
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