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Inventions of the 1800's
Buffet
100
industrialist who established a major steel company.
What is Andrew Carnagie
100
The wage of this group of individuals was the highest.
What is skilled labors and/or men
100
When workers negotiate as a group with employers, they engage in
What is collective bargaining
100
Allowed one to communicate with another person and "hear" their voice
What is the telephone
100
There were four major ______________ rail roads
What is transcontinental
200
Inventor who established the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
200
Unlike farmers, who had more flexibility in the pace they worked, factory workers were ruled by the
What is clock
200
First Major strike of the late 1800's
What is "Great Railroad Strike"
200
Allowed people to be able to read during the evening.
What is incandescent light bulb or electricity
200
This man was all about the ownership and monopolization of the oil business.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
300
inventor who developed the idea of a central electric station.
Who is Thomas A. Edison
300
In 1800's this group made up more than 5% of the industrial labor workforce.
What is children
300
This strike began when workers demanded an eight hour work day.
What is Haymarket Riot
300
This connected the East Coast to the West Coast and allowed companies to have a national market.
What is the railroad
300
Successful banker who purchase the Carnegie Steel Co and turned it into the first multi-million dollar corporation.
Who is J.P. Morgan
400
railroad tycoon.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
400
This theory held that poverty resulted from personal weakness
What is social Darwinism
400
The Homestead Strike at Andrew Carnegie's mill in Homestead, PA was caused over
What is wages
400
Scheduling of the railroad was extremely difficult, however with this invention trains began to run more smoothly.
What is time zones
400
This is when some one is paid per item they produce
What is piecework
500
inventor who developed a new way of making steel.
Who is Henry Bessemer
500
What was one of the largest differences between working in a small "family" owned business and in a new factory?
What is social interaction between management and employee. Or workers were viewed as interchangeable parts
500
This strike began due to high food prices and the cutting of wages, however it ultimatly led to the US military being needed
What is the Pullman Strike
500
This product had the greatest impact on all of the the United States, we have Andrew Carnegie and Henry Bessemer to thank.
What is steel
500
an economic and political philosophy that favors public control instead of public control of property and income.
What is socialism.