Business
This 1890 law was created to limit monopolies and unfair business practices.
Sherman Antitrust Act
One company controlling most or all of a market is
called this.
Monopoly
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and
social problems were known as these.
Muckrackers
An organized group of workers that fights for better
wages and conditions.
Labor Union
Conditions that drive people out of their home country
are called these.
Push Factors
When a company controls businesses at different stages of production, it uses this strategy.
Vertical integration
This economic system is based on private ownership
and competition for profit.
Capitalism
This 1906 law improved federal regulation of food and
medicines.
Pure food and Drug act
This Chicago labor protest turned violent after a bomb
explosion.
Haymarket Riot
Opportunities that attract people to a new country are
called these.
Pull Factors
When a company buys or controls competing businesses in the same industry, it uses this strategy.
Horizontal integration
This steel industrialist was famous for Carnegie Steel
and later philanthropy.
Andrew Carnegie
This deadly 1911 workplace disaster led to demands
for better factory safety.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
This 1892 conflict involved Carnegie Steel workers and
the Pinkerton detectives.
Homestead Strike
The West Coast immigration station that processed
many Asian immigrants.
Angel Island
A person who becomes extremely wealthy through ruthless or unfair business practices may be called this.
Robber Baron
This process made steel production faster and
cheaper.
Bessemer Process
Theodore Roosevelt's program focused on fairness for
workers, consumers, and businesses.
Square Deal
This nationwide railroad strike in 1877 showed
growing conflict between workers and companies.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
The East Coast immigration station that processed
many European immigrants.
Ellis Island
A business leader viewed as helping the economy
through innovation and job creation may be called
this.
Captain of Industry
This railroad and shipping tycoon became one of
America's richest businessmen.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
This novel by Upton Sinclair exposed problems in the
meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
This 1894 railroad strike began after wage cuts at the
Pullman Company.
Pullman Strike
The belief that native-born citizens should be favored
over immigrants.
Nativism