Industrial Vocab

Who built the steel mill in Pittsburgh?

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

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

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

Who had a monopoly on the oil industry?

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

A view of society based on the theory of natural selection

Who believed African Americans should strive for full rights immediately?

Who left most of his fortune to philanthropic causes?

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

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

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

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

Who is a risk taker who starts new businesses?

Who helped found the Hull House in Chicago?

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 receives credit for inventing the telephone?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What laws were created to enforce segregation in public places?