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100
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
100

What 3 industries grew as a result of demand for their products by the railroad?

steel, lumber, coal

100
How did the labor force change during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Machines eliminated the jobs of many skilled craftspeople.
100

What is a consolidation?

Combining different companies into one larger one.

100

Describe collective bargaining.

Unions who represent workers, talk with management of the company to get their needs met.

200
This invention led to increased demand for oil.
airplane
200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY Who are stockholders?

Stockholders own a corporation, but they do not make its day-to-day business decisions.

200
Describe an assembly line.
Workers repeat the same steps over and over again.
200
Describe the Homestead Strike.
Homestead Strike was against the Carnegie Steel Company's plan to cut jobs.
200

Why did American industry expand to the western part of the country during this time?

expansion of the railroads across the United States

300
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
300
Describe horizontal integration. Who used this business practice?
Horizontal integration is owning all the businesses in a certain field. John D. Rockefeller
300
Who was the leader of the Knights of Labor?
Terence V. Powderly
300

What is the name of a court order to stop a labor union from striking?

injunction

300
Describe the Sherman Antitrust Act.
A law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade.
400

What is the name of the philanthropist who built more than 2,000 libraries worldwide?

Andrew Carnegie

400
Who owned businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process in his industry?
Andrew Carnegie
400
Who was Samuel Gompers?
Gompers led the American Federation of Labor.
400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY How were railroad barons created?

by consolidating many small companies

400

Why did U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney order an injunction?

To stop the Pullman Strike

500
How did the telegraph differ from the telephone?
The telegraph could carry only written messages.
500
This person made manufacturing more efficient with the moving assembly line.
Henry Ford
500
This was the first national labor union.
Knights of Labor
500

Describe the Pullman Strike.

Workers stopped traffic on many railroad lines until the federal courts ordered an injunction to get the workers to return to their jobs.

500

Describe a monopoly.

A monopoly is complete control of an industry.