chapter 19 The Industrial Age

strike at steel factory that erupted in violence between strikers and private detectives

The leader of the American Federation of Labor

Sold equipment to miners, and eventually became the governor of California

used by labor unions in which workers act collectively to change working conditions or wages

The first to implement the moving assembly line in manufacturing

Invented a faster cheaper way to make steel

Law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade

Became the leader of the Knights of Labor in 1879

The first person to successfully drill for oil in 1859

Owning a share of a company

Built a power system that could send electricity across many miles

A view of society based on Charles Darwin's scientific theory of natural selection

Organization that united skilled workers into national unions for specific industries

Process developed in the 1850s that led to faster, cheaper steel production

Exclusive right to make or sell an invention

owning all of the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process

Secret Society that became the first truly national labor union in the U.S.

A number of companies legally grouped under a single bored of directors

Wrote "The Principles of Scientific Management"

Worked for better working conditions for miners

Held over 1,000 patents for his inventions

Made the first piloted flight in a gas-powered plane in 1903

A riot that broke out at a square in Chicago over the deaths of two strikers

The leader of the oil industry in the late 1800s

Period of rapid growth in manufacturing and industry in the late 1800s

Patented the telephone in 1876

The leader of the steel industry in the late 1800s

Complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a particular market

Railroad strike that ended when President Grover Cleveland sent in federal troops

Owning all the businesses in a certain field

Business that sells portions of ownership called stock shares