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InventionsInventions
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Strikes & UnionsStrikes & Unions
Hodge PodgeHodge Podge
Final Final JeopardyJeopardy
What isWhat is Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (patent) & Elisha Gray (inventor)?(patent) & Elisha Gray (inventor)?
We know that the telephone has taken many We know that the telephone has taken many different forms throughout the years. different forms throughout the years. Although still over 50% of the people in Although still over 50% of the people in the world have never made a phone call, the world have never made a phone call, who are the two people responsible for who are the two people responsible for this invention and what did they do? this invention and what did they do?
Who is Thomas Who is Thomas Edison?Edison?
The inventor who wanted The inventor who wanted to develop affordable to develop affordable lighting for homeslighting for homes
AND THE WINNER AND THE WINNER IS……IS……
Who is John D. Who is John D. Rockefeller?Rockefeller?
He was an oil tycoon who He was an oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to used horizontal integration to decrease costs and increase decrease costs and increase profitsprofits
Who is Andrew Carnegie?Who is Andrew Carnegie?
He was a steel tycoon He was a steel tycoon who used vertical who used vertical integration to increase integration to increase profitsprofits
Who is Uriah Who is Uriah Stephens?Stephens?
He founded the Knights of Labor He founded the Knights of Labor which was a labor union that which was a labor union that originally was a secret society originally was a secret society intended to broaden social intended to broaden social reform (change)reform (change)
He organized the American He organized the American Railway Union (A.R.U.) and Railway Union (A.R.U.) and was later arrested for his was later arrested for his involvement in the Pullman involvement in the Pullman strikestrike
Who is Eugene Who is Eugene V. Debs?V. Debs?
A small, hot, dirty A small, hot, dirty workhouseworkhouse
What is a sweatshop?What is a sweatshop?
Cartels, monopolies, trusts Cartels, monopolies, trusts and horizontal & vertical and horizontal & vertical integration all share this integration all share this goalgoal
What are increasing What are increasing profits?profits?
By 1883, there were three of By 1883, there were three of these that linked the farthest these that linked the farthest western regions of the U.S. with western regions of the U.S. with the more industrialized and the more industrialized and populated regions east of the populated regions east of the Mississippi River.Mississippi River.
What were transcontinental railroads?What were transcontinental railroads?
Negotiating as a group with Negotiating as a group with the employer for better the employer for better wages or working conditions. wages or working conditions. (Pro sports today)(Pro sports today)
What is collective bargaining?What is collective bargaining?
Economic and political Economic and political philosophy that favors public philosophy that favors public control of property and control of property and income. Believed that wealth income. Believed that wealth should be shared by all.should be shared by all...
What is Socialism?What is Socialism?
Skyscrapers, railroads, Skyscrapers, railroads, and suspension bridges and suspension bridges were made possible by were made possible by this this
What is the invention of steel?What is the invention of steel?
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““Don’t Choke!”Don’t Choke!”
Who is Henry Bessemer (the Bessemer process) ?Who is Henry Bessemer (the Bessemer process) ?
He created a quick, He created a quick, cheaper way to purify cheaper way to purify iron, which resulted in iron, which resulted in strong, but lightweight strong, but lightweight steelsteel
A grant by the federal gov’t A grant by the federal gov’t giving an inventor the giving an inventor the exclusive right to develop, exclusive right to develop, use & sell an invention for a use & sell an invention for a set period of timeset period of time
What is a patent?What is a patent?
A system for turning out A system for turning out large numbers of products large numbers of products quickly and inexpensively.quickly and inexpensively.
What is mass production?What is mass production?
President U.S. Grant signed President U.S. Grant signed the bill that both protected the bill that both protected and created this first national and created this first national park of our great nation. park of our great nation.
What is Yellowstone National Park?What is Yellowstone National Park?
A union open to workers from A union open to workers from any trade. It was created by any trade. It was created by Uriah Stephens and later Uriah Stephens and later taken over by Terence taken over by Terence PowderlyPowderly
What is the Knights of What is the Knights of Labor?Labor?
The federal gov’t formed The federal gov’t formed this to oversee railroad this to oversee railroad operations across the operations across the nationnation
What is the Interstate What is the Interstate Commerce Commission Commerce Commission (ICC) ?(ICC) ?
The response to wage cuts at The response to wage cuts at a Carnegie Steel plant in a Carnegie Steel plant in 18921892
What is the Homestead strike?What is the Homestead strike?
This was created by Samuel This was created by Samuel Gompers and limited Gompers and limited membership to skilled membership to skilled craftspeople and focused on craftspeople and focused on economic reform (change)economic reform (change)
What is the American Federation What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?of Labor (AFL)?
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““Don’t Choke!”Don’t Choke!”
This event resulted in the This event resulted in the execution of four anarchists and execution of four anarchists and the decline of the Knights of the decline of the Knights of LaborLabor
What is the Haymarket Riot of What is the Haymarket Riot of 1886?1886?
A person who invests A person who invests money in a business money in a business venture to make a profitventure to make a profit
Who is an entrepreneur?Who is an entrepreneur?
Complete control of a Complete control of a product or service product or service allowing the owners to allowing the owners to have price controlhave price control
What is a monopoly?What is a monopoly?
A business in which A business in which ownership is sharedownership is shared
What is a What is a corporation?corporation?
These helped fuel These helped fuel economic growth by economic growth by encouraging people to buy encouraging people to buy American goodsAmerican goods
What are protective tariffs?What are protective tariffs?
Businesses that make Businesses that make the same product and the same product and agree to limit production agree to limit production are known as theseare known as these
What is a cartel?What is a cartel?
He created a profitable He created a profitable company town and company town and amassed a fortune in amassed a fortune in the railroad car the railroad car businessbusiness
Who is George Pullman?Who is George Pullman?
Term often used to describe Term often used to describe American industrialists American industrialists like Carnegie and like Carnegie and Rockefeller.Rockefeller.
What are robber barons?What are robber barons?
What is horizontal consolidation?What is horizontal consolidation?
This consolidates This consolidates (combines) firms involved (combines) firms involved in the same business into in the same business into one giant company.one giant company.
What is the laissez faire What is the laissez faire policy?policy?
This allowed businesses to This allowed businesses to operate with minimal gov’t operate with minimal gov’t interferenceinterference
What is Social Darwinism?What is Social Darwinism?
People used this philosophy to People used this philosophy to condone their business practices condone their business practices by arguing that the gov’t had no by arguing that the gov’t had no business involving themselves business involving themselves into the private business affairs into the private business affairs of companies.of companies.