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Perfected the incandescent light bulb

Which organization did farmers create to help themselves?

Political Cartoonist who attacked corruption

invented the typewriter

Why was Pullman, Illinois an unusual town?

The Bessemer Process made it cheaper and more efficient to make steel.

What did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce?

Which of the following MOST allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?

What was the name of the company that built a town for their workers to live in?

Political machines exchanged favors for..

All of the following groups made up most of the American factory workforce EXCEPT...

The Great Strike of 1877 took place in the

This "first skyscraper" was made possible with steel construction. What city was it found in?

Strict rules of behavior that governed the interactions of white and black Americans

The American Federation of Labor pushed for better wages, hours, and working conditions.

Constructed in the late 1800s, this New York bridge was considered a man-made wonder.

Who invented the telephone?

Ellis Island immigrants faced many hurdles such as

Red-dog contracts are contracts that prevent workers from joining a union.

Perfected the incandescent lightbulb, created an electrical power system

All of the following contributed to the industrial boom except

First successfully used a steam engine to remove oil from beneath the earth's surface

Carnegie's Bessemer Process revolutionized what industry?

Rundown, crowded apartment buildings

In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court upheld the practice of.....

Vertical integration involves

Residents in cities formed these to help immigrants..

A Scottish immigrant that eventually made millions of dollars in the steel industry.

A system in which companies operate without gov't regulation

James Garfield, a future president, was implicated in the Credit Mobilier scandal.

To identify workers who made trouble or joined unions, employers put them on a ...

All of the following were issues that led to the formation of labor unions EXCEPT..

He created a system for mass electrical production and distribution.

Which statement believes in Social Darwinism?

The Sherman Antitrust Act

Andrew Carnegie used vertical integration to buy out his suppliers.

Which is an example of Jim Crow law?

Where did the "new" immigrants after 1880 come from?

The use of standardized time zones was created to benefit

Organized coal miners, their wives, and children to fight for better working conditions

Which of the following most allowed factories to be built away from rivers?

Scottish Immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry

Elisha Otis's invention of the safety elevator allowed for which to become practical?

Who organized the Industrial Workers of the World?

Which of the following is not a timezone in the United States?

The Supreme Court decided this phrase did not violate the 14th Amendment regarding segregation

This is a merging of companies that make similar products.

When a company buys out all of its suppliers this is called ________________.

Why did Pullman workers go on strike?

ran the American Railway Union and later ran for president as a socialist

All of the following were services provided to the poor by political machines EXCEPT..

In which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?

What did most immigrants travel to America in?

Which famous business leader used vertical and horizontal integration?

All of the following were ways that southerners kept African Americans from voting EXCEPT..

Life for immigrants in steerage on the way to the U.S. included all EXCEPT....

Whose presidency was marred by the Credit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring scandals?

What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act?

This person established the first research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Rockefeller bought barrel factories, oil fields, pipelines, and railroad cars as an example of

Theory justified the efforts of millionaires and discouraged gov't interference in big business

Created the Standard Oil Company

This made it illegal to form trust that interfered with free trade between states.

Railroad car mogul who built a town to house his employees

The Sherman Antitrust Act was meant to...

The main purpose of Credit Mobilier was to

Who did Thomas Nast get arrested?

___ was created by stockholders of the Union Pacific to make huge profits.

Successful trusts became...

Opened the way for worldwide communication with invention of the telephone

Why were scabs unpopular with striking workers in the 1800s?

Fear of foreigners (immigrants)

American steel mills were able to produce steel faster and more cheaply because of the

The transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869 in ________.

What was the name of this "first skyscraper"?

Who organized the Industrial Workers of the World?

What resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?

Complete control over an industry..

The most corrupt political machine

The practice of taking over other companies that produce the same product

In terms of currency, the Populist Party called for unlimited coinage of ......

The Interstate Commerce Act gave the right to supervise the railroad to

Which statement best describes nativism?

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s?

Andrew Carnegie gained control of the steel industry by doing all of the following except

Immigrants from this country sharply declined after Congress banned them in 1882 to 1902.

Describe the change that characterizes the 2nd Industrial Revolution.

Workers for the Carnegie Steel Company were involved in the

Created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron, head of Standard Oil Company