Some say that I stole from my junior inventors in our lab.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
This means of transportation helped move products across the country faster than ever before.
What is the railroads?
100
This is when a company controls an entire industry. It is also the name of a popular board game.
What is a monopoly?
100
This is when workers refuse to work until their demands are met.
What is a strike?
200
I am one of the fathers of modern finance. I still have a bank that bears my name today.
Who is JP Morgan?
200
I was a cutthroat businessman who created a monopoly in an important industry by sending my competitors out of business.
Who is Rockefeller?
200
This important natural resource was dubbed "black gold"
What is oil?
200
This was the government's first attempt at regulating big business.
What is the Sherman Anti Trust Laws.
200
This is when a group of people get together to speak out against something they believe is wrong.
What is a protest?
300
I created an empire of the shipping industry. At first I used ships but then I began to control the railroads. My nickname is the Commodore
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
300
My workers striked outside one of my steel plants. It was a famous strike called The Homestead Strike. I called in Pinkerton Agents (private security) who shot and killed some of the protestors.
Who is Carnegie?
300
This was a new way to process iron into steel. It made steel more readily available.
What is the Bessemer Process?
300
This company was one of the first to be affected by the Sherman Anti Trust Act.
What is Standard Oil Company?
300
This is a group led by Samuel Gompers who wanted better conditions for workers. (hint it's a three-four name)
What is American Federation of Labor?
400
I created a monopoly in the steel industry. I was a rival of Rockefeller and we both gave away millions of dollars to educational charities.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
400
My financial practices sometimes put smaller banks out of business.
Who is Morgan?
400
This Henry Ford invention made the automobile available to the everyday man.
What is the Model T
400
This is a french term for "free market" which is a philosophy where government should not interfere with business.
What is laissez- faire policy?
400
Name one of the things that workers were fighting against.
What is better hours, better pay, vacation time, sick time, etc.
500
I was the inventor of the modern day assembly line. My product helped a number of American families with everyday travel.
Who is Henry Ford?
500
When my control of the railroads was questioned, I did not allow competitors to use my railways. This caused nationwide backups.
Who is Vanderbilt?
500
Coal, oil, wood, fresh water, gold are all examples of___________.
What are natural resources?
500
This is a term created by Mark Twain to describe the time period we are studying. It means that it looks golden on the outside but not so great on the inside.
What is the gilded age?
500
This was one of the first unions created by Uriah Stevens, they helped workers so much it was like they were wearing shining armor.