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Important People
Laws and Ideas
Business
Unions and Strikes
People and Society
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This person invented the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison
100
a bill passed in 1890 which outlawed any trust that restrained interstate trade or commerce
What is Sherman Anti Trust Act
100
a business in which a number of people share ownership
What is a corporation
100
a union that included all workers of any trade
What is Knights of Labor
100
small factory where employees have to work long hours under poor conditions
What is sweat shop
200
an oil tycoon who combined many firms into one to decrease costs
Who is John D. Rockefeller
200
the belief held by some in the late 1800s that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over them
What is Social Darwinism
200
a person who invests in a business to make a profit
What is an entrepreneur
200
a nationwide strike in 1894 of rail workers that halted railroads and mail delivery
What is Pullman Strike
200
Name 2 ways workers in the 1800's suffered
What is poor wages, poor working conditions, ec.
300
A tycoon who controlled many different businesses involved in the production of steel.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
300
oversaw railroad operations
What is Interstate Commerce Commission
300
a business that completely controls a product or service
What is a monopoly
300
a steelworkers' strike that resulted in a standoff between workers and Pinkertons
What is Homestead Strike
300
a poor English immigrant who formed the American Federation of Labor, a skilled workers union, in 1886
What is Samuel Gompers
400
This person was known as the tycoon of the railroad industry
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
400
an economic and political philosophy that favors public, instead of private, control of property and income
What is socialism
400
a system for turning out large numbers of products quickly and cheaply
What is mass production
400
this riot caused public suspicion of unions
What is Haymarket Riot in 1886
400
community whose residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and shopping
What is company town
500
This person invented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
500
a policy which allowed businesses to operate under minimal government regulation
What is laissez faire
500
a system of consolidating many firms in the same business to lower production costs
What is horizontal integration
500
Which labor union was known as a "bread and butter" union that focused on specific issues, such as wages and hours
What is American Federation of Labor
500
negotiating as a group for higher wages or better working conditions
What is collective bargaining