Railroads Lead the Way
The part of American society that was hurt most by the railways offering rebates to customers.
Who were the farmers?
This invention was created in 1844 leading to almost instant communication between people
What is the telegraph?
The substance Edmund Drake discovered by digging a well in the ground
What is petroleum?
This "act" was supposed to restrict business monopolies
What was the Sherman Act?
These groups were formed to try and get better working conditions and pay for workers
What are labor unions?
This railway baron gained control of the New York Central Line, which ran from New York City to the Great Lakes
Who is Cornelius Vanderbuilt?
This man has the unofficial title "Wizard of Menlo Park".
Who is Thomas Edison?
By 1900 this person produced 1/3rd of the nations steel
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
2 ways in which the oil barons gave back to the community
What are
1. Established the University of Chicago in 1890 (Rockefeller)
2. Established 2,000 libraries worldwide (Carnegie)
The number of hours a child work under the new labor laws
What was no more than 10?
The reason why railways switched to a unified width of track.
What is it made shipping goods across the country faster, which drove down costs to the consumer?
The first groups of people to use the telephone and telegraph before becoming mainstream (common)
Who were shopkeepers and reporters?
The factors of production.
What is land, labor, and capital?
This person used vertical integration to grow their business.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Some examples of unsafe working conditions in factories
1. Burns from spills of hot steel
2. Frequent cave-ins and the effects of gas and coal dust
3. The lungs of textile workers were hammered by airborne lint
4. The eyesight of garment workers suffered by sewing for hours in poor light
The impact of railways on the U.S. economy (there are four)
What are
1. Helped the iron mining and processing industry grow
2. railroads started using steel for their tracks instead of iron. This grew the steel industry.
3. Other industries were positively affected such as the lumber and coal industries
4. Thousands of people found jobs which stimulated the growing economy
This man is responsible for inventing the vacuum.
Who was John Thurman?
The three tactics Rockefeller used to make his money.
What is
1. Rockefeller lowered his prices to drive his competitors out of business
2. pressured customers not to deal with any other rival oil companies
3. persuaded the railroads to grant him rebates in exchange for his business
The reason the Sherman Act was not successful.
What is it did not clearly define what a trust or monopoly was?
This person was the president of the Cigar Makers Union and pressed for the right to bargain collectively with employers
The railway that was created by Huntington, Stanford, and two other partners by pooling their resources
What is the Central Pacific Railroad?
George Eastman invented this in 1888.
What was the small box camera?
The strike that forced President Grover Cleveland to send in federal troops
What was the Pullman Strike?