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This group wanted more state regulation of the railroads
The Grangers
This man created the light bulb, harnessed electrical power, and developed the first electric power plants.
Thomas Edison
This term means: "Across the continent"
transcontinental;
BONUS: the first transcontinental railroad was completed in _____.
Robber baron is a term that describes...
Mega-rich capitalists who, despite their shady business practices, made huge philanthropic contributions to society.
This term describes the leveraging of demands in a negotiation by pitting a group's sheer numbers against the positions held by opposing parties who would otherwise hold more authority.
collective bargaining
The SCOTUS ruled in favor of the _______ ______ in the landmark court case ____ v. ______
Granger Laws; Munn--Illinois
This man invented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Who labored on the railroads in their early stages?
Immigrants.
This man founded Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
This man ran for President as candidate for the Socialist Party of America and led the ARU
Eugene V. Debs;
Bonus: What does ARU stand for?
What is the economic philosophy of "laissez-faire"?
The state shall not invervene in economic affairs
BONUS: What does the term loosely translate to, and what language does it find its origin?
This man made electricity cheaper and safer, driving the push towards urbanization.
George Westinghouse
What are the four time zones that span the continental United States?
Eastern Standard, Central Standard, Mountain Standard, and Pacific Standard
Business mogul ________ ______ was famous for his tactic of _____ _______, which aims to purchase each of the ______s of production in a "product chain."
Andrew Carnegie; vertical integration; factors
BONUS: What is another tactic—often considered the more underhanded of the two—used to consolidate sole proprietorship and "dominance" in any given market? (Describe how it is different from vertical integration).
William "Big Bill" Haywood led the...
Industrial Workers of the World
Bonus: What were members of this union nicknamed? Why?
What economic event consolidated power back from the government into the hands of a few wealthy individuals again?
Panic of 1893
This man used a steam engine to drill for oil, becoming the first American to successfully do so.
Edwin Drake
What company engaged in a federal scandal that eventually consolidated huge federal grants into the pockets of its shareholder board by reporting false cost appraisals?
Credit Mobilier Company
BONUS: Under who's Presidency did this scandal take place?
Aside from finance, J.P. Morgan was also an entrepreneur in the _____ industry. His company was named ____ ________.
steel; U.S. Steel
The ________ ________ ________ has been largely credited with hurting unions, as it could be argued that union strikes were violating federal laws against disrupting ______ _______.
Sherman AntiTrust Act; interstate commerce
BONUS:
Name three provisions outlined in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Which law passed in 1887 is credited with being the federal government's first direct interference in the private economic affairs of individuals and companies?
Interstate Commerce Act
This man created the typewriter
Christopher Sholes
This town was created on the railroads and was named, credited, and developed largely by the railroad company that prospected the area
Pullman, Illinois
This man, particularly after the Panic of 1893, re-built a railroad empire that undermined the trend of increased government efforts to regulate economic affairs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
______ are workers who undermine striking efforts by organized Labor by taking vacated jobs for cheaper wages. These two strikes were prominent examples of how these individuals affected business-labor relations and a strike's overall outcomes in general: ______ Strike & ______ Strike.
Scabs; Pullman Strike & Homestead Strike
BONUS: Another strike, the _________ Strike, was an example of how violence could also undermine a strike. During this Strike, President _______ sent in federal troops to quell the event, which would only lead up to more fatalities in the end.