People
Inventor of the lightbulb
Thomas Edison
created and development of the Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
SUPREME COURT CASE:
Supreme Court upholds Granger laws and states win the right to regulate railroads
Munn vs. Illinois
industrial town where life and work were carefully laid out and strictly controlled
Pullman Town
connected the west and the east through railways. Built by immigrants
Transcontinental Railroad
American engineer and industrialist who created luxury train cars. Founded a company town.
George Pullman
A captain of industry of 19th century America who built the steel industry. Donated to many philanthropies.
Andrew Carnegie
enacted in 1890 to stop the interference with trade and reduce economic competition
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
location where a fire started and killed 146 women who were working, due to unregulated labor rules
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society - lead to formation of unfair business practices
laissez-faire
Populist candidate in the 1896 election
William Jennings Bryan
a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century by investing in the railroads
passed in 1862, which provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land
Homestead Act
location where the 7th Calgary slaughtered 300 unarmed Native Americans. Brought an end to Native American conflicts
Wounded Knee
A plan in which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture
Assimilation
Mary Elizabeth Lease
United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars
George A. Custer
federal law that intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres
Dawes Act
ran directly through Sioux hunting grounds and was a place of many conflicts between native americans and white settlers
Bozeman Trail
the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better, justified wealthy business owners actions
founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Samuel Gompers
an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the American Railway Union (ARU)
Eugene V. Debs
addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business
Interstate Commerce Act
the Central Pacific Railroad's tracks from the west were connected to the Union Pacific Railroad's tracks from the east in...
Promontory, Utah
the first inexpensive industrial process that allowed for the mass production of steel
Bessemer Process