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What is the term used to describe business leaders that built their fortunes by stealing from the public?
robber baron
Who invented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
What was created to resolve time differences that existed from town to town?
Time Zones
What is one strike we discussed in class?
What were a constant danger in tenements?
Fires
What is the term used to describe business leaders that contributed positively to the nation?
captain of industry
Who invented the “talking telegraph” or telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Which robber baron/captain of industry used vertical integration to control different aspects of production by owning mines, furnaces, mills, shipping and rail lines?
Andrew Carnegie
What was one thing labor unions tried to achieve for workers?
Shorter work days, higher wages, and better working conditions for workers
What were low-cost apartment buildings designed to house as many families as the owner could pack in?
Tenements
What is the term used to describe a company that has complete control over a product or service?
monopoly
Who invented Morse code for the telegraph?
Samuel F.B. Morse
Which robber baron/captain of industry used horizontal integration to convince companies to turn over their assets to a board of trustees in exchange for a share of profits?
John D. Rockefeller
Based on the strikes we discussed in class, what is one reason that workers decided to strike?
Wage cuts, lay-offs, firings, better working hours
What kind of tenement was created to abide by a New York City law requiring an outside window in every room?
Dumbell Tenement
What is the term used to describe an industry dominated by a few, large profitable firms?
oligopoly
Who invented a telegraph system for trains?
Granville Woods
What two companies were responsible for building the Transcontinental Railroad?
Central & Union Pacific
What is one labor union we discussed in class?
Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies), American Railway Union
Who captured images of the tenement system that led to New York State passing the first meaningful laws to improve them?
Jacob Riis
What is the term used to describe the process of performing one task of the many needed to produce a product that was used to increase efficiency?
division of labor
Who invented filament for the lightbulb?
Lewis Latimer
With the help of Nicola Tesla, who developed alternating current?
George Westinghouse
What was the name of the private police force known for breaking up strikes?
The Pinkertons
What were an unofficial city organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power and were usually headed by a single powerful “boss?”
Political Machines