People
The inventor of the telephone
Who was Thomas Edison?
Organized groups of workers that fight for better working conditions
What are Labor Unions?
Made is possible to mass produce inexpensive high-quality steal
What is the Besemer process?
The term where people move from rural areas (countryside) to cities, expanding growth
What is urbanization?
Term- Term for increased use of machines, technology for production of goods.
What is industrialization?
The inventor that lead the mass production of automobiles
Who was Henry Ford?
Law that ruled against monopolies, price-fixing, and unfair business.
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Labor related protest in Chicago that turned opinions against labor movement.
What was the Haymarket Riot?
Journalists that expose corruption in government and businesses
What are Muckrakers?
People- Who invented the Pullman Car?
Who is George Pullman?
The brothers who invented the first airplane.
Who were the Wright brothers?
Minimal interference from government to markets; self-regulation.
What was Lassiez-Faire vs. Govt regulation?
The strike against Carnegie's steelworks that lead to immobilization for 45 years.
What was the Homestead Strike?
Large companies with full control over certain goods; no competition.
What are monopolies?
What is Expansion of Trade?
Elijah McCoy, Madame C.J. Walker, Frederick McKinley, Garret Morgan
What were African-American Inventors
Economic political system where everything is distributed equally
What is Socialism?
The 1894 railroad strike and boycott from railroad workers over unfair conditions.
What was the Pullman Strike?
The theory of "survival of the fittest" that applies to businesses.
People- Leader of the Pullman Strike
Who was Eugene Debs?
The act that allowed federal government to supervise railroads. (1887)
What was the Interstate Commerce Act?
Connected the East and West coasts of the U.S. revolutionizing travel
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Mechanical invention that helped transportation?
What was steam power?
Terms- Powerful businessmen given the nickname "Robber Barrons" for example, Rockefeller
What are Captains of Business?