Inventors
Pioneered the use of the assembly line
Who was Henry Ford?
Made a fortune in banking and formed US Steel Co.
Who was J.P. Morgan?
A factory where people worked for low wages and in poor conditions.
What is a sweatshop?
Critics of monopolies argued that large corporations did this
What is reduced competition?
Standing together to force management to improve working conditions is called this.
What is collective bargaining?
Invented the railroad sleeper car.
Who was George Pulllman?
Made trains safer with the air brake.
Who was George Westinghouse?
Often engaged in price fixing.
What were Pools?
The way Vanderbilt was able to consolidate the RR industry.
What is buying some companies and driving others out of business?
The goals of labor unions were...
What are ending child labor, increasing wages, and making the workday shorter?
Invented the portable camera.
Who was George Eastman?
Started Standard Oil Co. Trust
Who was J.D. Rockefeller?
Replacements for workers on strike.
Who were strikebreakers?
Industries helped by the growth of RRs.
What are lumber, steel, and coal?
In the late 1800s, factories became places that were this.
What are places with dangerous working conditions?
Used ruthless tactics to form railroad corporation.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Wrote "The Gospel of Wealth"
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
A share of a company's profits for stockholders.
What are dividends?
More people could afford cars because of this.
What is the assembly line?
During the labor strikes of the late 1800's, the federal government usually sided with....
Who are the factory OWNERS?
Original leader of the AFL.
Who was Samuel Gompers?
Started cross country RR by helping farmers establish farms along RR lines.
Who was James Hill?
Making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply.
What is mass production?
Shipping rebates hurt small farmers because of this.
Rebates were only for big business, so small farmers had to pay high prices and couldn't afford to ship their goods.
Describe one of the following: Haymarket Riot, The Triangle Fire, or the Pullman Strike.
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