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100

This man developed the telephone. 

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

100

What was the process that injected air into molten iron to make steel?

Bessemer process

100

What was the name of the railroad crossing the nation and who built it.

The transcontinental railroad, which was built by the Union Pacific Railroad Company  

100

What was the event that took place at a Carnegie mill where they called in scabs and the Pinkertons?

Homestead Strike 

100

Name 2 uses for the new stronger steel

Skyscrapers and bridges. 

200

This man invented the light bulb 

Who is Thomas Edison? 

200

Who made his fortune off the steel industry in the Pittsburgh area?

    

Andrew Carnegie

200

What is the name of the group that join together to fight the railroads

Labor Unions 

200

Why did people strike at the Pullman railcar company?

He increased working hours, cut wages and cut jobs.

200

 Name the 2 main industries that grew in the south

Iron and steel. 

300

Who invented the typewriter? 

Christopher Lathem Sholes. 

300

Who owned Standard Oil and what was his nickname.

John D. Rockefeller, his nickname was Doc Rockefeller. 

300

What was the name of the Supreme Court case that upheld trade regulation?

Munn vs Illinois 

300

What happened in the Haymarket Affair?

Someone threw a bomb at the police in protest of ploice brutality, as a result, 8 died. 

300

What allowed factories to be farther away from power sources and encouraged growth in more remote areas?

Trains could deliver coal and other sources of energy, making it easier for factories to spread out.  

400

Who was the women that help unions organize against coal mines and child labor?

Mother Jones. 

400

What is the process where you buy out your suppliers till you control beginning to end?

Monopolies.

400

 What was the name of the company made by Union Pacific stockholders to make even more money?

Union Pacific Railroad, the first to build the transcontinental railroad. 

400

Who started the American Railway Union, which was for skilled and unskilled labors?

Eugene V. Debs. 

400

This group was put together to regulate trade between states

Interstate Commerce Act

500

Who was the was the first man to use a steam engine to drill for oil?

Edwin Laurentine Drake.

500

What made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries?

Sherman Antitrust Act. 

500

 Who came up with the 24 time zones we use today so that the trains would run on a schedule?

C.F. Dowd

500

 A fire at this factory caused people to look at working conditions of women

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory 

500

 Name the 2 major cities that grew in the Midwest because of the railroad and what did they major in

Pullman, majored in oil

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