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who was an inventor during the late 1800s who had a tremendous impact on the industrialization of America and patented over 1,000 inventions? |
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was a philosophy that “survival of the fittest” also applied to society and business. |
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Although Andrew Carnegie believed in the philosophy of Social Darwinism and what? |
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which classified certain government jobs as available only by passing a competitive exam |
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Giving away money to better society,
became known as the |
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was first formed in 1869, and it was the first national industrial union |
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simply means to take away the right to vote |
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was a group of men who controlled more than one corporation |
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One of these settlement houses was started by a young social reformer. It was called Hull House and was located in Chicago, Illinois |
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1875 to 1900
was a time of tremendous wealth, but underneath it was a period of intense greed and corruption |
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because they made their millions by paying low wages to their workers to increase profits |
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wrote a series of very popular “rags to riches” novels in which a poor person worked hard and became successful. |
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Already a successful businessman became interested in the new petroleum industry and created Standard Oil Company. |
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the big business that could charge whatever prices they wanted, and American consumers suffered |
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is a court order issued by a federal judge that demands an action be stopped.) |
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It took a young immigrant from Scotland and to turn steelmaking into an industrial empire |
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In 1886, a protest in Haymarket Square turned ugly when someone threw a bomb into a group of policemen |
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A convict is someone who has been convicted of a crime and sent to prison and has to do work. |
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A union with many members could make itself heard through |
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by combining with other companies |
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This law made trusts (business monopolies) that limited trade or commerce among several states illegal |
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Two sources provided cheap labor: the migration of farm workers to the cities and the immigration of unskilled laborers from Europe |
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