Module 3 Review: Industrialization

They took advantage of workers and consumers

led by William "Big Bill" Haywood

A law, enacted in 1890, was intended to prevent the creation of monopolies by making it illegal to establish trusts.

A cheap and efficient process for making steel

A business organization in which competing companies are under the control of a single group of trustees

led by Samuel Grompers

Who invented a machine that could attach the upper part of shoes to the soles

They put their fortunes toward the public good.

organized by socialists

Why were the Grangers upset with the RR companies?

A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

competing companies that put control of their businesses under a single group

Which of the following was true of railroad workers?

Which of the following correctly describes the working conditions that most workers faced?

a process of negotiation between employees and a group of employers aimed at agreements.

They profited unfairly by squeezing out competitors.

Which of the following factors helped lead to a period of industrial growth during the late 1800s?

Having complete control in the marketplace, without any outside competition

Who invented the typewriter

Considered a craft union

Who created the telephone

a corporation that buys out the stock of competing companies

welcome both skilled and unskilled workers

a company that has complete control over an industry's production, wages, and prices

Which of the following conditions led to a favorable climate for industry in the late 1800s?

They helped to make the economy more productive

How did the growth of the railroads affect the economy?

How did new inventions and developments in the late 19th century change the way people worked?

companies in the same industry that divide up the business among eachother