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| In what case did Surpreme Court rule that a business thatved a public interest (like a railroad or grain elevator) could be regulated by state laws apparently holding the "Granger" laws constitutional? |
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| What strick in Chicago was the most important strike of the nineteenth century, was provoked by wage cuts, was organized Eugene V. Debs, but was broken when President Cleveland sent federal troops to keep the trains running? |
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| What process was invented in the 1850s, provided the technology that enabled the mass production of good quality steel and revolutionized the construction of bridges, buildings, railroads, machine tools, and others? |
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| What railroad originally ran from Albany to Buffalo and was expanded by Cornelius Vanderbilt so that by 1877, it had become a network of lines streching from New York City to the upper Middle West? |
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| What 1886event in Chicago was ended by a mysterious bomb blast that killed seven policeman and resulted in public condemnation of organized labor and the demise of the Knights of Labor? |
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| Who was the head of the Cigar-makers union who was a long time president of the American Federation of Labor, advocated the use of the stricke and the vote to win concessions from employers and business? |
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| What is one of the world's richest deposits of iron ore, railroads made the ore cheap to transport and made Pittsburg the steel capital of the nation? |
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| What Scottish immigrat to the U.s. dominated the steel industry for years, and in his later years he turned his time and great wealth to philanthropic pursuits? |
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| What is the term for negotiations between the representatives of owners and employees to decide on wages, hours, and working conditions of all campany labor? |
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| What was founded in 1867 by Oliver H. Kelly to provide social and cultural benefits for isolated farmers, and eventually became politically active, especially in support of railroad regulation laws? |
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| What was the term for a business management device designed to centralize and make more efficient the management of diverse and far-flung business operations? |
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| Who was the financial banker and masterful reorganizer of businesses, especiall railroads, who also brought out Adrew Carnegie and organized the U.S. Steel Company the world's first billion dollar corporation? |
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| What independent regulatory agency (our nation's first) was the result of the Wabash case that stated that a state's power to regulate railroads was limited, it had little real authority? |
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| Who was a prolific investor, organized a modern research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, eventually acquired over 1000 patents? |
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| Who was the unusually skillful business organizer who founded Standard Oil Company, which dominated American oil refining, and sought to stabilize his industry, reduce competition, and maximize profits? |
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| What labor conflict started with a company decision to crush the workers' union in 1892, and with ruthless use of force, and strikebreakers effectively broke the strick and destoryed the union? |
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| What is the social and economic philosophy that is based on government ownership of industry the more radical of which argued that the interests of capital (ownership and management) were incompatible with base of labor? |
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| What is a court order restraining someone from acting, andin the late nineteenth century, were frequently used against stricking workers, thus weakening their unions? |
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| What was the title of the book written by henry george that was an attack on the maldistribution of wealth in the United States, advocated a single tax on land aas the solution to the growing gap between rich and poor? |
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| What 1890 act made any concentration (monopoly) in restraint of trade illegal, and was made ineffectual when the surprem court ruled in "U.S. v. E.C. Knight" that manufacturing was excluded from the antitrust law? |
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| What was organized in 1869 and headed by Uriah Stephens and Terence Powderly, enjoyed brief success as a national labor organization, its basic demand was for eight- hour day, but declined when its advocacy led to violent stricks in 1886? |
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| What magazine offered advice columns, articals on child and home care and current events, and reproduced art works, and campaiged for women's sufferage, conservation, and other reforms? |
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| What organization was established in 1851 because of a concern about the lot of urban poor, created recreation facilities and short term residential opportunities for the less fotunate? |
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| What vice-president and former Collector of the NY Customs house, became president when Garfield was assassinated in 1881, and like his predecessor, was not a strong presidential leader? |
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| what is the term for temporary immigrants to America in order to earn money and retrun home, but had no reason to develop an attachment to American ways? |
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| who was the publisher of the "New York World," the first newspaper publisher to reach a truly mass audience, using a combination of sensationalism, solid political and financial coverage, and civic crusading? |
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