This technology helped the nation to grow by expanding transportation system, carrying raw materials to factories and then taking manufactured goods from factories to market.
What is the railroad
100
He was the first to use the new Bessemer process for making steel before he made his fortune.
Who was Andrew Carnegie
100
Name three negative conditions that laborers endured
What are long hours, low pay, and dangerous work conditions
100
This early union led by Terrence Powderly represented skilled and unskilled workers, African Americans, Women, and child laborers.
What was the Knights of Labor
100
This term means total control over an industry.
What is monopoly
200
These two inventions made communication over long distances much quicker and easier than before.
What is the telephone and the telegraph
200
He saw competition as a waste. He forced down the price of oil by refining more than could be sold.
Who was John D. Rockefeller
200
This fire produced an outpouring of sympathy for the women who worked in the garment industry.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
200
This union leader led the American Federation of Labor. He believed "The individual workman is as weak as would be a straw in a cyclone."
Who was Samuel Gompers
200
This french phrase means "allow to do," and was the policy of non-governmental interference with the economy.
What is laissez faire
300
This method of production enabled manufacturers to produce large quantities of goods more quickly.
What is the assembly line
300
The availability of these workers drove down wages and as a result angered white, adult, male laborers.
What is child, immigrant and women laborers.
300
This Union only represented skilled workers in a large number of trades and crafts.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
300
In this economic system, all of the factors of production are privately owned and the goal is the accumulation of wealth.
What is the free enterprise system or capitalism
400
He was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park, the location of his workshop in New Jersey where he became famous for inventing the phonograph, the motion picture projector, and the light bulb.
Who was Thomas Edison
400
This Robber Baron was responsible for the consolidation of the Railroads.He lowered the rates on his railroad in order to gain more business. He drove competing railroad companies out of business and bought up their railroad lines.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt
400
Many workers toiled in crowded, hot, and dangerous conditions known as...
What are sweatshops
400
This strike was caused when workers protested Andrew Carnegie and his managers decision to cut wages. 300 Pinkertons (armed guards) clashed with the strikers which led to violence and the intervention of the state militia.
What is the Homestead Strike
400
This kind of business organization can raise large amounts of capital by selling stock, or shares of ownership.
What is a corporation
500
This legal document gives someone the right to make, use, and sell an invention without others copying it.
What is a patent
500
This famous banker made himself the most powerful economic force in America. He eventually bought out Andrew Carnegie’s steel company as well as mining and coal to create “U.S. Steel.”
Who was J.P. Morgan
500
Many states passed these kinds of laws to restrict the number of hours a child could work to less than 10 hours a day.
What are child labor laws
500
This strike occurred in Chicago when McCormick Harvester Company laborers went on strike for an 8 hour work day. When the police attempted to disburse the strikers an explosion occurred which led to greater violence.
What is The Haymarket Riot
500
This legal document promoted invention because it gave the creator the sole right to make and sell an invention.