People
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
The inventor who popularized the assembly line and the $5 a day wage.
Who was Henry Ford?
These are the conditions found in most sweatshops?
What is cramped, hot, dangerous, etc.?
What is to fight for higher pay, shorter hours, and better working conditions?
This advancing technology/transportation mode helped to encourage people to move westward.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
The inventor credited (mostly) with the invention of the telephone.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
He founded the AFL (American Federation of Labor.
Who was Samuel Gompers?
This is a company that controls part of an industry or an entire industry without competition.
What is a monopoly?
He famously bought Carnegie Steel and later transformed it into U.S. Steel. He was also involved in banking.
Who was J.P. Morgan?
The inventor that had many patents and worked famously with light bulbs and electricity. He was based out of Menlo Park, NJ.
Who was Thomas Edison?
This was the Strike at Carnegie Steel plant in 1892; violent
What was the Homestead Strike?
This is workers bargain /discuss conditions with boss.
What is collective bargaining?
This is vertical integration.
What is when a company controls all steps of a production process?
The guy that discovered a way to make steel in large quantities at a cheap price.
Who was Henry Bessemer?
This is where the early movie industry of the U.S. was based initially.
What is NY/NJ?
This was the Strike by McCormack Harvest Co. in Chicago in 1886, turned very violent and caused distrust of labor unions
What was the Haymarket Riot?
This event that happened in NYC in 1911 helped to push for safer working conditions in factories.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
This city was the main hub of the steel industry during the 1800's - 1900's.
What is Pittsburgh?
What is a philanthropist?
The inventor that actually first used the assembly line?
Who was Ransom Olds?
This was the 1894 strike of railroad workers due to cut wages, federal troops were called in to end strike.
What was the Pullman Strike?
What is the Knights of Labor?
This is the spot where the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific met up in 1869 to finish the Transcontinental Railroad?