Innovations
Business Men
Capitalism
Cases and Acts
Photographs
100

Alexander Graham Bell invented this and supported urbanization how?

What is the telephone by allowing for easier and faster communication 

100

He was the early the early leader of the automobile industry and stressed the standardization of parts and assembly lines

Who is Henry Ford

100

Wealthy capitalists defend their wealth because it was earned 

What is Ideology of Individualism 

100

The decision was made that states have no power to regulate railroad rates for interstate shipments 

What is Wabash St. Louis and Pacific Railroad V. Illinois 

100

Shows the growth of the railroads in 20 years

What is Growth of Railroads 1870-1890

200

This helped transport good and people faster. With only 4 existing in 1895 and by 1917 there were 5 million 

What is the automobile 

200

Owning the Standard Oil Company, he‘d acquired twenty of the twent-five refineries 

Who is John D. Rockefeller 

200

Individuals rose or fell in society because of their innate fitness

What is Social Darwinism 

200

The court ordered the company to be separated by selling the railroads it had acquired 

What is Northern Securities Co. V. United States 

200

Represents the growing popular fear that businesses had to much power

What is A Monstrous Vision of Vertical Integration 

300

This metal dominated other metals due to is versatility and strength

What is steel

300

Opening Steelworks in Pittsburgh he soon dominated the industry 

Who is Andrew Carnegie 

300

People of great wealth had great power but also great responsibility 

What is Gospel of Wealth

300

They attempted to outlaw special rates that the railroads would agree on among themselves 

What is the Interstate Commerce Act 

300

Captures young boys a work, some barefoot, clambering among the great textile machines

What is Spindle Boys

400

These had a significant presence in Europe during World War I

What is the airplane 

400

He and the Standard Oil Company pioneered the “trust” 

Who is J.P. Morgan

400

Civilization was not governed by natural selection but by Human Intelligence 

What is Dynamic Sociology

400

Prohibited activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace 

What is the Sherman Antitrust Act

400

Shows the rise of industry in the Gilded Age

what is The Bosses of the Senate 

500

This is used for fuel but is more powerful than coal

What is oil

500

Andrew Carnegies associate 

Who is Henry Clay Frick

500

Henry George blamed social problems on the ability of a few monopolists to grow wealthy as a result of rising land values 

What is Progress and Poverty