Labor Unions
What is the term for workers stopping work to demand better conditions
Strike
What is it called when one company controls an entire industry
Monopoly
Who invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Who was the leader of the AFL
Samuel Gompers
What event turned violent during a rally for an 8-hour work day
Haymarket Riot
Name the labor union that welcomed both skilled and unskilled workers
Knights of Labor
What type of integration involves buying out competitors
Horizontal
What process revolutionized Steel production
Bessemer Process
Who was known as the most dangerous women in America
Mary Harris " Mother " Jones
What was the name of the 1894 strike ended by president Cleveland
Pullman Strike
Who Led the Knights of Labor form 1879-1893
Terence V Powderly
What term describes a business owned by many people through stocks
corporation
What new energy source became widely used during the 2nd industrial Revolution
Electricity
Who developed the Scientific Management theory for improving worker productivity
Frederick W Taylor
Give 2 ways the railroad impacted American life
What was the main goal of collective bargaining
To negotiate for better pay and working conditions
What antitrust law was passed in 1890 to limit monopolies
Sherman Antitrust Act
What process did Henry Ford pioneer reducing production time
Moving Assembly Line
Who ran a monopoly on Steel
Andrew Carnegie
What term describes the era of rapid economic growth with underlying social issues
Gilded Age
Name two challenges faced by labor unions in the late 1800s
Employer opposition, Violence, Lack of legal protection, Difficulty organizing workers.
Name two methods used by big business to grow during the late 1800s
vertical and horizontal integration
How did patents encourage innovation during this period
Gave inventors exclusive rights and encouraged new invention
What did each person invent: Henry Bessemer, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison
Steel making process, Telephone,
Light Bulb
Made steel cheaper and more available