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Even before the invention of automobiles, petroleum was in high demand because it could be turned into ________, which was used in larterns and stoves
What is Kerosene
100
Because of the shortage of workers in California, the Central Pacific Railroad hired workers from
What is China
100
because this cost was so small it made sense for big businesses to stay open even during poor economic times
What is operating costs
100
This group was excluded from most unions
What is women
200
According to the laissez-faire ideology this is what regulates prices and wages
What is the law of supply and demand
200
construction of the transcontinental railroad pushed west from this place
What is Omaha, Nebraska
200
The combination of many firms doing the same type of business into one large corporation is known as this
What is horizontal integration
200
Employers opposed these type of unions, which united all craft workers and common laborers in a particular industry
What is indutrial unions
300
According to laissez faire ideology, the government should only interfere in the economy to.....
What is protect property rights and maintain peace
300
These two railroad companies were responsible for building the transcontinental railroad
What is the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
300
Changed the idea of shopping by bring together a huge array of different products into a large elegant building
What is a department store
300
Technique for breaking a union in which the company refused to allow the workers on the property and refused to pay them.
What is a lockout
400
People who risk their money in organizing and running a business
What are entrepreneurs
400
The government offered each railroad company building the transcontinental railroad land along its right-of-way to
What is encourage rapid construction of tracks
400
when a single company that achieves control of an entire market it is called this
What is a monopoly
400
Indivividual who is responsible for encouraging the ideology of socialism/communism
Who is Karl Marx
500
Congress believed that a _______ was necessary in order for American industry to compete internationally
What is a tariff
500
Railroad companies raised most of the money they needed to build their railroads from
What is selling government land grants
500
By investing in more machines and larger manufacturing facilities companies can achieve this
What is economies of scale
500
This riot caused the popularity of the Knights of Labor to decline
What is the Haymarket Riot