Captains of Industry
This businessman became the dominant figure in the steel industry
Carnegie
This inventor is most associated with the light bulb
Completed in 1869, this connected the eastern and western United States by rail.
Transcontinental Railroad
Workers formed these organizations to fight for better wages, hours, and working conditions
Unions
This Sioux tribe leader was forced to act in westerns as punishment for Custer’s Last Stand
Sitting Bull
This oil tycoon became the worlds first billionaire
Rockefeller
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for developing this invention
The telephone
This group of immigrants performed dangerous and difficult work building with the Central Pacific Railroad Company
Chinese immigrants
What was public opinion of unions at the beginning?
Very negative. Public felt they were “soft”
The Sioux leader’s face was carved into a mountain as a celebration for his involvement in Custer’s Last Stand
Crazy Horse
This businessman built his fortune through railroads
Vanderbilt
This invention allowed office workers to produce documents much faster than writing them by hand
The typewriter
What job did Leland Stanford have in the Big 4?
The brains
A bomb exploded at a police station in 1886, contributing to growing public fear of unions and radicals
Haymarket Affair
This Native American spiritual movement frightened many U.S. soldiers and led to the Wounded Knee Massacre
Ghost Dance
This banker made his fortune bailing out the railroads
J.P. Morgan
This process made producing large amounts of steel faster and less expensive
Bessemer Process
This scandal involved a construction company used by Union Pacific Railroad Company to steal government money
Credit Mobilier
In 1911, 146 workers died in this New York City factory disaster.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Custer and more than 200 of his men were killed at this 1876 battle
Custer’s Last Stand / Battle of Little Bighorn
Carnegie used this business strategy by controlling multiple stages of steel production, from raw materials to transportation and manufacturing
Vertical Integration
Edison's electrical innovations helped factories overcome this major limitation on when they could operate
Allowing factories to operate after dark
This Supreme Court case limited railroad pricing
Munn v. Illinois
Name two major outcomes of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Fire/safety laws and public support for labor unions/worker safety
This event marked the end of conflicts with Native Americans in the West due to how brutal/severe it was
Wounded Knee Massacre