Big Business
Which man ran a monopoly in the steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
This invention was a massive improvement from the telegram.
Telephone
Immigrants during this period typically came from?
Eastern/southern Europe, China
The term for a mass influx of people to a city?
Urbanization
Settlement hosue
Community houses in urban slums
In 1890 this act sought to break up powerful business ran by the same group of people.
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Because of this process, buildings could be taller.
Bessemer process.
Factories where conditions were so uncomfortable Jacob Riis called them?
Sweaters
Lack of _____ systems led to diseases like _______ spreading.
plumbing; cholera
Patented because of a debate between 2 inventors.
Electric chair
The process in which a company buys manufacturers in their supply chain in order to cut costs.
Vertical Integration
Oil was originally used for
Kerosene lamps
What was the problem with Pullman towns?
Your boss had complete control over your entire life.
What was a push factor for Americans moving to cities?
Farming advancements put people out of work in rural areas
oil
Some men like ________ built successful monopolies because of their innovative manufacturing ideas.
Henry Ford
An immediate effect of this invention was extended working hours.
Light bulb
In 1882 an average of how many laborers were killed each week?
675
For the most part, tenement buildings were home to __________.
Immigrants.
Craft unionism
What did Herbert Spencer believe about men like Rockefeller?
They were rich because they were "fit" and because evolution made them so.
Patented the first gasoline automobile
Karl Benz
For the first time in American history, _________ had to work in order for a family to survive.
Both parents
“How shall the love of God be understood by those who have been nurtured in sight only of the greed of man?”
Who is Riis referring to here?
The poor
Farmers that united against unfair prices & fought for bimetallism
Grangers