a new production technique of melting steel make production of steel cheaper and in large quantities
What is bessemer process
100
a group of labor demonstrators turned angry, a bomb exploded killing people including a cop. It caused the decline of the Knights of Labor
Haymarket Riot
100
a company owner who becomes wealthy and is a philantropist(charitable, good guy)
What is captain of Industry
100
Invented typewriter
Chris Sholes
200
one of the wealthiest men in America in the Gilded Age who controlled the steel industry and later used “gospel of wealth” to give away a lot of money(philanthropy)
Carnegie
200
scabs, lockouts, open shops, violence, blacklisting
What is tools of management
200
labor unions help fight against these
a corporation that controls an industry and limits competition
What is monopoly
200
a company owner who became wealthy through unethical means(bad guy)
What is a robber baron
200
Invented the airplane
Wright Brothers
300
inventor during the Gilded Age who invented the lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera etc.
Edison
300
boycotts, closed shops, strikes, violence
What is tools of labor
300
union that pushed for better working conditions(8 hr. day) and closed shops
What is American Federation of Labor
300
gov. policy to stay out of the economy and not interfere with businesses
What is laissez faire
300
This guy was Vanderbilt's biggest rival besides Rockefeller
WHo is Tom Scott
400
wealthiest man in the Gilded Age who founded Standard Oil and believed God gave him the power to make money
Rockefeller
400
settled the west, growth of cities, transport goods and people easily
What are railroads
400
union that pushed for safety codes, equal pay, and no child labor
What is Knights of Labor
400
a shift in the economy from farming to factories. Leads to problems(poor working conditions, more skilled workers etc.)
What is industrialization
400
This guy made the first big railroad system
WHo is Vanderbilt
500
founder of the American Federation of Labor(AFL)
Who is Sam Gompers
500
economic system in which supply and demand determine price
What is capitalism or free market enterprise
500
a group of workers joining together to improve working conditions/pay
What is a labor union
500
1st gov. law to break up monopolies and protect competition between companies
What is Sherman Anti-Trust Act
500
these people were run off when the railroad expanded