Date founded- 1834
First national union; open to workers from all trades
What is National Trades Union
100
He patented the electric lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison
100
Complete control of a product or service.
What is a Monopoly
100
Employed thousands of people, mainly women, who worked for long hours on machines making mass-produced items. A large percentage of workers were immigrants.
What is a Sweatshop?
100
The war encouraged production, innovation, and expansion of railroads.
What is Civil War
200
Date founded- 1869
Sought general ideological reform; open to workers from all trades
What is Knights of Labor
200
Invented by Samuel Morse, and allows messages to be sent by means of a wire
What is the Telegraph.
200
A system of consolidating many firms in the same business. Businessmen continued to develope ever more effective ways to increase profits and decrease costs.
What is horizontal integration?
200
In the 1890's this was the biggest and most succesful business in the world.
What is steel?
200
Ample natural resources, including oil, fueled growth
What is Natural Resources
300
Date founded- 1886
Focused on specific workers' issues; organization of skilled workers from local craft unions
What is American Federation of Labor
300
Invented the sewing machine which revolutionizes the way clothes are made in homes and factories
Who is Elisa Howe
300
Businessmen also increased their power by gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development. This process allowed companies to reduce costs and charge higher prices.
What is vertical integration?
300
An agreement among businesses making the same product to limit production and keep prices high.
What is Cartel?
300
Immigrants willing to work for low wages flowed into the country
What is Growing Workforce
400
Date founded- 1893
First industrial union; open to all railway workers
What is American Railway Union
400
Elisha Otis developes a saftey machanism to prevent elevator cars fom suddenly falling.
What is the Safety Elevator?
400
An oil tycoon that used means of cartels and railroads to to increase his profit.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
400
These were the industrial workers of the world. That formed a union.
What are Railroad Workers?
400
New technology and innovative business practices spurred growth.
What is Technology/ Innovation
500
Policies that helped businesses operate freely. Limited government regulation of industry.
What is Laisez-faire
500
Invented an improved steam-powered furnace for running trains.
Who is Granville Woods?
500
A steel tycoon that increased his power by means of vertical integration
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
500
This enabled the United States to out produce British steel manufacturers
What is The Bessemer Process?
500
Government policies encouraged investment in businesses and new technology