inventors and innovations
This inventor created the practical light bulb and held over 1,000 patents.
thomas Edison
Founder of Standard Oil
john d. rockefeller
The system where machines replace hand tools to produce goods faster.
mechanization
Workers who organize to improve wages and conditions form these.
labor unions
Laws made to break up monopolies are called this.
antitrust laws
This man invented the telephone.
alexander graham bell
Steel industry leader who used vertical integration.
andrew Carnegie
This resource powered many factories and railroads in the 1800s.
coal
This group, like the Knights of Labor, fought for worker rights
labor union
The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in this year
1890
He developed alternating current (AC) electricity.
nikola tesla
Automobile pioneer who popularized the assembly line.
henry Ford
Rapid growth of cities due to industrialization is called this.
urbanization
A work stoppage by employees to demand better conditions is called this.
strike
Journalists who exposed corruption in big business were called this.
muckrakers
This invention revolutionized long-distance communication in the 1840s
Banking leader who helped finance major industries and railroads.
j.p. morgan
This type of integration combines all steps of production in one company.
vertical integration
This 1886 event in Chicago turned violent during a labor protest.
haymarket riot
This act aimed to regulate railroad rates and practices.
interstate commerce act
These brothers built one of the first successful airplanes.
wright brothers
This businessman was known for creating U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation.
j.p morgan
This practice eliminates competition by taking control of many companies in the same industry.
horizontal intergration
This labor union focused on skilled workers and was led by Samuel Gompers.
american federation of labor
This economic idea argues that government should not interfere with business.
laissez faire