perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
the first transcontinental railroad met at this point and was marked by a golden spike.
What is Promontory Point?
100
millionaire tycoon who made his riches in the steel industry.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
100
formed the American Railway Union.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
100
list 3 factors that contributed to the immense technological boom that took place in the US after the Civil War.
What is abundant natural resources, explosion of inventions, and urban growth?
200
invented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
200
he was an industrialist whose company produced standard railroad cars and elegant sleeping cars.
Who is George Pullman?
200
a market in which one company has complete control over an industry's production, quality, wages paid, and prices charged.
What is a monopoly?
200
focused on collective bargaining and used strikes as a major tactic.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
200
explain why American in the late 1800s would approve of railroads and disapprove.
What is because of track, quick transportation, standardized time? didn't like treatment of workers, discrimination against farmers, and political corruption?
300
Developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel.
Who is Henry Bessemer?
300
The stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad used this company to make huge, unearned profits for them selves.
What is Credit Mobilier?
300
process by which a company buys out all of its suppliers.
What is vertical integration?
300
supporter of the Great Strike of 1877 and organizers of the United Mine Workers of America.
Who is Mary Harris Jones?
300
the chief goal of big business during the late 1800s.
What is to control or eliminate competition?
400
introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from beneath the earth's surface.
Who is Edwin L. Drake?
400
in this Supreme Court case, the states won the right to regulate the railroads for the benefit of farmers and other consumers.
What is Munn v. Illinois?
400
a corporation that does nothing but by the stock of other companies.
What is a holding company?
400
organized in Chicago, 1905, by a group of radical unionists and socialists.
What is Industrial workers of the World?
400
Explain why the government would control big business from gaining monopolies.
What is monopolies harm the consumer and discourage the growth of small businesses?
500
Invented the typewriter.
Who is Christopher Sholes?
500
The Interstate Commerce Act reestablished the right of the _______________ to supervise railroad activities and set up the Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose.
What is the federal government?
500
theory that justified the efforts of millionaires and discouraged government interference in big business.
What is Social Darwinism?
500
Made it illegal for corporations to interfere with free interstate or international trade.
What is Sherman Antitrust Act?
500
created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of the standard oil company.