The Expansion of Industry
He invented an entire system for producing and distributing electical power
Thomas Alva Edison
This allowed people and trade to travel continuously from the East Coast across to the West Coast of the United States
transcontinental railroad
He was one of the first industrial moguls to make his own fortune and rise from rags to riches.
Andrew Carnegie
This socialist formed the American Railway Union
Eugene V. Debs
Created by Congress in 1890, this made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries
Sherman Antitrust Act
He invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
He built a town named after him to house and provide the basic necessities for all of the employees of his factory
George M. Pullman
This owner of Standard Oil Company, became one of the wealthiest men in the world by using trust agreements to gain control of the American oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
She was the most prominent organizer in the women's labor movement
Mary Harris (Mother) Jones
These factors made the Triangle Shirtwaist fire so lethal
Only one unlocked exit, no sprinklers and a firescape destroyed by the fire
He invented the typewriter
Christopher Sholes
this landmark case upheld the federal government's right to regulate private industry to serve the public interest.
Munn v. Illinois
This business strategy involved buying out your suppliers and distributors
Vertical Integration
This union, formed in 1886, focused on collective bargaining, and strikes to increase wages and shorten workweeks
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
These led to the growth of cities in Northwest and Midwest and the development of cities in the West
Railroads
He started an oil boom by successfully using a steam engine to drill for oil
Edwin L. Drake
Passed by Congress in 1887, this reestablished the right of federal government to supervise railroad activities
Interstate Commerce Act
This business strategy involved aquiring your competitors
Horizontal Integration
Formed in 1905 in Chicago, this union also known as the Wobblies, included miners, lumberers and cannery and dock workers
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
These four natural resources were most important to industrialization
oil, coal, iron ore, water
This technique involved injecting air into molten iron to remove the carbon an other impurities to create steel
The Bessemer process
The stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad formed this construction company where they gave it contacts at 2 -3 times the actual cost and then pocketed the profits,
Credit Mobilier
This theory promoted the idea that success and failure were governed by natural law and that governments didn't have the right to interfere
Social Darwinism
He led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join other craft unions and eventually form the AFL.
Samuel Gompers
This term was used for business leaders who used ruthless tactics to amass great wealth
Robber Barons