The 2 railroads that constructed the Transcontinental Railroad.
What are the Union Pacific and Central Pacific?
100
Legislation that declared pools illegal.
What is Interstate Commerce Act?
100
He started Standard Oil in 1882.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
100
Women made up 75% of the office staff and made office work easier to complete.
What were the effects of the invention of the typewriter?
or
What is the typewriter?
200
This product is use because it is strong, long-lasting, and easy to shape.
What are advantages to steel?
or
What is steel?
200
There are 4 currently in the United States.
What is number of time zones in the United States?
200
Legislation that stated, "every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade, is hereby declared to be illegal."
What is Sherman Antitrust Act?
200
U.S. Steel is an example. It doesn't actually produce goods or services, but rather it sold stock in itself, then used the money to control companies that did produce goods and services.
What is holding company?
200
It powered the New Industrial Age.
What is electricity?
300
This product was noisy, not efficient, and was way too bright for home use.
What is arc lighting/lights?
or
What are the problems with arc lighting?
300
It cost $100 flat rate plus $5 a day.
What is the rate to go on entire route of Transcontinental Railroad?
300
This group fought the railroads in the 1870's and 1880's.
What is the National Grange?
300
They are bigger, more efficient, and produce products cheaper, but they restrict competition.
What is a trust?
300
It efficiently and inexpensively rid steel of impurities.
What is the Bessemer Process?
400
The incandescent lightbulb.
What is Thomas Edison best known invention?
400
It exposed the corruption of the Union Pacific's Credit Mobilier.
What is the New York Sun?
400
The company didn't restrict competition, so it wasn't a trust.
What is American Sugar Company?
400
This Act of 1887, stated that a private business can be regulated if it is in the public interest, and if the states are not able to do so.
What is Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?
400
He wrote rags to riches stories of the new opportunities presented by the New Industrial Age.
Who is Horatio Alger?
500
It first appeared at the 1876 Centennial Exposition and was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
What is the telephone?
500
This location was the completion point of the transcontinental railroad when a golden spike was driven into the ground.
What is Promontory Point, Utah?
500
He organized the National Grange.
Who is Oliver Hudson Kelley?
500
It is generally formed when directors of one firm also served as directors of another firm.
What is interlocking directorate?
500
The idea that "the survival of the fittest" can be used in business and society.