This is a control of a market by a small group of businesses
What is cartel/trust?
100
This man helped perfect the assembly line in Detroit.
Who is Henry Ford?
100
Before his domination of the rail industry, Vanderbilt earned his nickname "the Commodore" in this transport industry.
What is shipping?
100
These were two examples of conditions of workers in the industrial era.
What are long hours, little pay, dangerous equipment, no benefits, job insecurity, neglect etc.
100
This is what was produced in the 10 story Asch Building.
What are shirt(waists)/blouses?
200
This law prohibited monopolies and brought down the giants that built America
What is Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1908?
200
This innovation was introduced to Andrew Carnegie from England, allowing steel beams to be made in just 15 minutes, as it used to take two weeks.
What is the Bessemer Process?
200
This product would eliminate the need for kerosene lamps, and Rockefeller took out ads to attack this new industry.
What is electricity?
200
This is the key to a well-run strike.
What is organization of workers?
200
These were the kinds of workers they had here.
What are young immigrant women?
300
This process involves owning every step of the production process, cutting out the middle man. It was first seen by Carnegie in steel.
What is vertical integration?
300
The assembly line helped companies produce more. Benefits came to workers from Ford because of this increase in profits. Workers benefitted in these two ways:
What is a 40hr work week (8hr/day) or being paid $5/day?
300
Railroads, skyscrapers, electricity and pipelines all help to connect things. These connecting systems are all examples of society's what?
What is infrastructure?
300
This was one of the most violent strikes, where militia were called in to stop it, but the company won in the end. It was with this men/company in this location (2 part)
What is Frick/Carnegie Steel, Homestead PA?
300
These are some of the unsafe conditions of the building (at least two)
What is not enough stairs (2 vs. 3), narrow stairs, little light, one exit to check workers leaving, 1 bucket of water per floor to put out fires, inward opening doors?
400
This buying of similar companies in the production process eliminates competitors by absorbing their business into yours.
What is horizontal integration?
400
The process of mechanization helped the US move to an Industrial society, when before we had a this kind of society where most things were done by hand.
What is an agrarian society?
400
This was the name given to the powerful men of the time, and was illustrated in your cartoon worksheet.
What are robber barons?
400
These were the two biggest unions of the era.
What are Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor?
400
The shirtwaist factory was an example of factories in cities that were expanding. This brought jobs to these places and led this movement.
What is urbanization?
500
Monopolies were seen as harmful to the economy because there was a potential for price control, which would end up hurting This group the most.
Who are consumers?
500
In order to be able to keep up production yet eliminate cost from outside businesses, Rockefeller developed what to help break away from another industry that he previously depended on?
What are pipelines? (moving away from railroads to move Kerosene)
500
All of these companies have people give money to promote their businesses. Morgan in particular did his best work here. This is where all investors' money "plays."
What is the stock market?
500
This is what labor unions first started as, isolated to particular industries.
What are trade unions?
500
Immigrants like the ones in the Triangle factory came in waves. Who came in each wave?
What is German/Irish (1st)
Russians/Italians/East Europeans (2nd)?