Triumph of Industry

Inventor of the light bulb

In which system does one company control the businesses that develop the product?

farms becoming mechanized resulted in...

A system in which businesses operate under minimal government regulation

Which industry MOST spurred economic growth and innovation in related industries?

When a number of people share the ownership of a business.

Labor union that included all workers of any trade

A system for turning out large numbers of products quickly and inexpensively

workers negotiating as a group for better wages and working conditions

A corporation that gains complete control of a product or service

a nationwide strike of railway workers in 1894

A tax that makes imported goods more costly than those made locally

Why did some people believe big business leaders were "Captains of Industry"?

Economic and political philosophy favoring public control of property and income

a person who invests money in a product or enterprise to make a profit

What innovation lengthened the work day and play time?

A method for purifying iron, resulting in strong, lightweight steel.

In the late 1800's, workers tolerated poor wages because they...

The ICC was formed to do what?

Capitalism helped industrialization by doing what?

How did the federal government support employers during labor unrest?

Corporations had the important advantage of what?

An oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to increase profits.

Which labor leader began the American Federation of Labor?

This outlawed any trust that operated "in restraint of trade."

This suggested that those who had great wealth were entitled to it.

Leader of the American Railway Union (ARU) and cofounder of IWW.

labor union of skilled workers from small craft unions

A steel tycoon that established libraries in part to help the disadvantaged rise in society.

What was the result of the Haymarket Riot?