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The first billionare that established the Standard Oil Co.
What is John D. Rockefeller.
100
Act passed in 1890 that made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries?
What is Sherman Antitrust Act
100
Invented by Edwin L. Drake in 1859
What is the oil drill.
100
A railroad line created by the US in 1869 linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts?
What is Transcontinental Railroad.
200
Capitalist that achieved success by buying out other steel companies.
What is Andrew Carnegie
200
Congress passed the __________ in 1887 that reestablished the right of the federal govt. to supervise railroad activities.
What is Interstate Commerce Act
200
Invented by Christopher Sholes in 1867
What is the typewriter.
200
Philosophy that grew out of English Naturalist, Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution?
What is Social Darwinsim.
300
____________ built a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars on the Illinois prairie.
What is George Pullman.
300
When the first railroad statistics were published in 1888, the casualties totaled more than ____ employees killed, and ____ injured.
What is 2,000 killed/ 20,000 injured.
300
Invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866
What is dynamite.
300
Focused on negotiation between representatives of labor and management, to reach written agreements on wadges, hours, and working conditions.
What is American Federation of Labor.
400
_______________ supported the Great Strike of 1877 and later organized for the United Mine Workers of America (UMW).
What is Mary Harris Jones.
400
The _____________ of 1867 gave shares of stock to about 20 representatives in Congress.
What is Credit Mobilier Scandal.
400
Invented by Elias Howe in 1844
What is the sewing machine.
400
The largest insurance company in the world that works with appliances and powerplants.
What is General Electric (GE).
500
In 1886, _____________ led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join with other craft unions.
What is Samuel Gompers.
500
In the year ____, the _____________ persuaded Congress to legalize an eight-hour day for government workers.
What is 1868/ National Labor Union (NLU).
500
Invented by Cyrus Field in 1866
What is transatlantic cable.
500
Eugene V. Debs formed the ____________, which consisted mostly of unskilled and semiskilled laborers.
What is American Railway Union (ARU).