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Vocabulary
100
law that made it illegal for a company, or companies working together, to control an entire industry
What is Sherman Antitrust Act
100
The owner of the first Standard Oil Company, which by 1880 was 90% of the refining industry
Who is John D. Rockefeller
100
It was created by Thomas Edison and this invention started new industries around the country
What is a power station
100
1859
when was the first successful oil well drilled?
100
to deprive someone of something by dishonest
What is defraud?
200
1862 act Congress that gave free land in the West to anyone who would farm it for five years
What is Homestead Act
200
The most productive inventor between 1860 and 1900 (Hint: he created the light bulb)
Who is Thomas Alva Edison
200
a rail road which connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
What is the transcontinental railroad
200
1865
When did W.W.holden become provisional governor?
200
a reform movement that wanted to solve political,economic, and social problems in America
What is progessivism?
300
He is an industrialist who created his first car in 1903 which ran on gasoline for power
Who is Henry Ford
300
This process helped increase the quality of steel and helped for more of the steel to be used around the US
What is the Bessemer process
300
1887
When was the Interstate Commerce Act passed?
300
complete control of an industry by one person or company
What is monopoly?