WH Ch 5 Industrialization

Which is not a monopolists of the late 1800s?

Why did the government offer railroad companies land along its right-of-way?

Employers generally viewed unions as

Supporters of laissez-faire believed the government should interfere in the economy only to

It made sense for big corporations to continue operating during poor economic times because

Increased coal mining/petroleum refining, Bessemer process, incandescent light bulb. COMMON?

Economies of scale resulted in

Total value of all goods and services that a country produces is its

What did the American Federation of Labor try to achieve in the late 1800s?

The two railroads that built the transcontinental railroad were the

angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict.

Steel company owning coal mines, limestone quarries, & iron ore fields it depends on is

In the Great Railroad Strike, the government reacted to disgruntled railroad employees by

The railroad building boom during the nineteenth century contributed to

In early days of industrialization, many of Congress believed that tariffs were necessary to

Poor pay/long hours/frequent layoff/dangerous conditions -> What changed these?

How did labor unions affect the lives of many workers during the late 19th century

Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of labor unions?

Shortage of workers in California forced Central Pacific RR to hire about 10,000 workers from

Agreements among companies to keep prices at a certain level were known as

Late 19th/early 20th century, U.S. gov't attempted to facilitate growth of domestic industry by

Which business strategy would a late 1800s industrial leader use to establish a monopoly?

When a single company achieves control of an entire market, it is known as

The 1894 Pullman strike was haulted by

In Credit Mobilier scandal, Union Pacific investors got rich by

To make rail service more reliable, in 1883 the American Railway Association

Industrialization ->harsh working conditions->what led to labor unions to correct worker abuse

technique for breaking a union where the company refused to allow workers onto their property

When a union called a strike, employers would often hire replacements, called

What is one advantage that big corporations had over small businesses?

Great Northern RR became the most successful transcontinental RR in part because of

Railroad companies raised most of the money that they needed to build their railroads from

Corporations bought new machines in order to achieve

The American Federation of Labor pushed for closed shops, meaning that companies