Industrial Vocab

What is it called when one company dominates an entire industry?

What was the process that made it cheaper and easier to produce steel?

What was the idea that faith should be expressed through good works?

Who had a monopoly on the oil industry?

What is an economic system in which most businesses are privately owned?

Who developed the power plants that supplied electricity to parts of New York?

What led to the murder of many African Americans between 1882-1892?

What were run down apartment buildings where many working class people lived?

A view of society based on the theory of natural selection

At the turn of the 20th century, most immigrants came to the United States from:

Who believed African Americans should strive for full rights immediately?

Who left most of his fortune to philanthropic causes?

What invention by Samuel Morse sent messages (or code) over the wires?

A system in which companies are allowed to conduct business without government interference

Who is the American inventor who had over 1,000 patents?

Some people explained the inequalities of capitalism with a philosophy know as...

Who built the steel mill in Pittsburgh?

Who believed that African Americans should focus on vocational skills (job training)?

Who helped found the Hull House in Chicago?

Who is a risk taker who starts new businesses?

What laws were created to enforce segregation in public places?

What was a political party that was a coalition of farmers, labor leaders and reformers?

The law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrain free trade

Who was the American business leader who controlled the New York Central Railroad?

Who receives credit for inventing the telephone?