This radical union group had many socialists in it and participated in many strikes. They were nicknamed the "wobblies"
Who is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
100
He ran the Carnegie Steel Company for Andrew Carnegie and was responsible for the lockout of the workers at the Homestead plant in 1892.
Who is Henry Clay Frick
100
This invention extended the day beyond sunset.
What is electricity
100
This new invention in 1876 was known as the "talking telegraph"
What is the telephone
100
A person that gives money to worthy causes is known as this.
What is a philanthropist
200
This term implies that the business leaders served their nation in a positive way.
What is a "captain of industry"
200
The railroads started these and were so successful that the United States government started to use them too.
What are time zones
200
This new suspension bridge was a symbol of America's new industrial might.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge
200
This English philosopher took the ideas of Charles Darwin and tried to make them apply to society. He started the philosophy known as social darwinism and coined the phrase the "survival of the fittest"
Who is Herbert Spencer
200
This term implies that the powerful industrialists built their fortunes by stealing from the public.
What is a "robber baron"
300
He invented the air brake for the railroad and came up with the idea of alternating current to get electricity out to the rural areas.
Who is George Westinghouse
300
This industrialist and philanthropist practiced horizontal consolidation and was the founder of the Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
300
This Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist practiced vertical consolidation and was the leader in the steel industry.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
300
He invented the way to communicate on the telegraph.
Who is Samuel Morse
300
This Jewish cigar maker became the leader of the American Federation of Labor.
Who is Samuel Gompers
400
He invented electricity, the phonograph and many other inventions.
Who is Thomas Edison
400
He was the head of the American Railway Union and tried to help the workers during the Pullman Strike.
Who is Eugene V. Debs
400
He invented the telephone in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
400
He was the founder of the Knights of Labor
Who is Terrence V. Powderly
400
His tombstone says the "father of scientific management". He did time and motion studies to improve industrial productivity.
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner
500
"Big Tent" union that accepted skilled and non-skilled workers. They accepted women and African-Americns. They pushed for an 8 hr day and an end to child labor.
Who is the Knights of Labor
500
These private detectives were used by businesses to try to flush out union activists.
Who were the Pinkertons
500
This union organization was for skilled workers only. They practiced bread and butter unionism and were able to earn collective bargaining.
Who is the American Federation of Labor
500
His new process for producing a better quality steel enabled Carnegie and the steel industry to prosper.
Who is Henry Bessemer
500
He was the first person to discover oil right here in western Pennsylvania.