Captains Of Industry
Andrew Carnegie was the captain of what industry?
Steel
Yes
What drink was constantly sold illegally?
Moonshine and alcohol.
Who was kept in small spaces for over 14 hours a day.
Young children
What did the Pullman Strike do?
Caused 29 railroads to stop working.
J.P Morgan of what industry?
Banking
What were big businesses doing to small businesses?
Buying them out
No public drinking was what amendment?
18th Amendment.
What dangers did the children face?
Getting fingers cut off and lose hearing.
Did the Homestead Strike of 1892 succeed?
No
What family still is won of the richest to this day?
Rockefeller
What was the biggest invention in the 1800s?
Trains
Who were the two ladies that helped the women's suffrage movement?
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
What did the children build?
Clothes and shoes.
Before the Civil War what percent of people were farmers?
90%
Who started there life rich?
J.P. Morgan
What were Americans doing to the immigrants.
Making them do labor.
1919 bans the sale of what beverage?
alcohol
What was the NCLC?
Law that kids under the age of 14 could only work 12 hours a day.
What brought sweeping change to America in 1870-1914?
New inventions
How long did Andrew Carnegie live?
84 years
What is iron ore?
Iron ore mixed with carbon and limestone and melted.
When did women get the right to vote?
How much did the kids earn per day?
60 cents.
What is the Jim Crow law?
Hurts african americans and makes it hard to get jobs.