The Expansion of Industry
Hello? Hello? This person invented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
This connected the country from both coasts
transcontinental railroad
He was one of the first industrial moguls to make his own fortune. He had a true rags to riches story.
Andrew Carnegie
Jewish immigrant whi led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join other craft unions in 1886.
Samuel Gompers
How did inventions and developments in the late 19th century change the way people worked?
They opened up new jobs for women, drew people back to the cities and made jobs less back breaking.
He perfected the incandescent light bulb and invented an entire system for producing an distributing electric power
Thomas Alva Edison
He built a railroad car factory in Illinois and then built a surrounding town for his employees
George M. Pullman
Business strategy where you would buy out your suppliers
Vertical Integration
This labor union focused on collective bargaining to reach agreements on hours, wages and working conditions.
The American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Why did people, particularly farmers, demand regulation of the railroads in the late 19th century?
Railroad companies were very powerful and often corrupt
He successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil in 1859
Edwin L. Drake
This construction company formed Union Pacific stockholders was used as a scheme where the stockholders would hire it to lay tracks, over pay by 2-3x the actual costs and pocket the profits.
Credit Mobilier
Business strategy where you buy out your competitors
Horizontal Integration.
Socialist labor leader who formed the American Railway Union
Eugene V. Debs
Why were business leaders like John D. Rockefeller called robber barons?
They used ruthless tactics to gain great wealth
This technique developed in 1850 turned iron into steel
Bessemer process
This is the case where the Supreme Court upheld the Granger laws
Munn v Illinois
Philosophy that talks about survival of the fittest. Where natural selection weeds out "less suited" individuals and the best adapted survive
Social Darwinism
Union that included miners, lumberers, cannery and dock workers.
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Why did workers form Unions in the late 19th Century?
To protect themselves, increase wages, shorten work hours and improve working conditions.
He invented the typewriter in 1867
Christopher Sholes
Passed in 1887, this established the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities.
Interstate Commerce Act
He established the Standard Oil Company on his way to becoming one of the wealthiest Americans.
John D. Rockerfeller
The most prominent organizer of the women's labor movement
Mary Harris Jones
What factors made the Triangle Shirtwaist fire so lethal?
The factory only had one fire escape, no sprinklers and it was full of cloth and oil.