Inventors
Captains of Industry or Robber Barons
Labor & Industry
Grab Bag
May or May not be on the test
100
One of America's greatest inventors: light bulb, phonograph ... "The Wizard of Menlo Park"
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
Dominated the oil industry with his Standard Oil "trust" and at the height of his power refined about 90% of the oil in the nation. Known for his ruthless tactics in crushing his competition.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
100
Groups of workers who band together for better pay, conditions ...
What is a labor union?
100
Legislation that came from Western states to set maximum freight rates for the railroads.
What were Granger Laws?
100
Both the Interstate Commerce Act & the Sherman Antitrust Act were efforts by the fed gov. to
What is -- Regulate some aspect of business.
200
Inventor of the telephone as well as an early sort of metal detector, and a founding member of the National Geographic Society
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
200
Scottish born steel magnate who pioneered horizontal and vertical integration to be the one-time king of that industry.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
200
British-born cigar maker who became one of the founding members of the American Federation of Labor as well as its most famous president.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
200
Put forth by Herbert Spencer, it served as a justification for the rich being rich and the poor being poor. To prop up the poor would only be enabling behaviors or traits that were ill-adapted to success
What is Social Darwinism?
200
What allowed factories to build their facilities away from rivers?
What is -- electricity.
300
A one-time resident of South Bethlehem who was the first person to successfully use a steam engine to drill for oil. Father of the American oil industry.
Who is Edwin L. Drake
300
Produced railroad sleeper as well as luxury "palace" cars to make rail travel much more pleasurable.
Who is George Pullman?
300
One of the founding members and leaders of the ARU, he ran to become president of the United States (multiple times) and got close to 1million votes as the Socialist Party candidate.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
300
Labor unrest after wages were cut multiple times and rents in the company town kept the same.
What was the Pullman Company Strike?
300
What made the construction of Skyscrapers possible?
What is -- cheaper methods for making steel.
400
Invented an air brake for trains, and after teaming up with Tessla, he built AC power stations to light up America.
Who is George Westinghouse?
400
Chief financier of the nation who reorganized railroads, the coal industry, the steel industry ... one of the most famous bankers in U.S. history.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
400
She was a tireless supporter of the coal miner, child laborer, and the labor movement in general. A very left-leaning magazine in publication today bares her name.
Who is Mary Harris "Mother" Jones?
400
Violent incident in Chicago where protestors and police were killed and injured. One of many incidents that made some of the public associate the labor movement with violence.
What was the Haymarket Affair?
400
What is the main idea of this cartoon?
What is -- Monopolists or big business have power over our government.
500
An inventor that made the modern steel boom possible ... his process for making it bares his name.
Who is Henry Bessemer?
500
Made an early fortune in shipping only to go into the railroad business -- although he would always be known by his knickname "Commodore"
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
500
Terrible disaster in NYC that woke up the nation to the unsafe working conditions that so many endured. It ushered in government reforms to protect the worker and ensure a safe environment.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
500
An effort by Frick and Carnegie to break the union. Workers took over the steel mill and battled Pinkertons until the PA National Guard was called in.
What was the Homestead Strike?
500
Bridge building family who built the Brooklyn Bridge.
Who are -- the Roebling family.