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22 Cards in this Set
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invented the typewriter |
Christopher Sholes |
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invented the telephone |
Alexander Graham Bell |
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developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel |
Henry Bessemer |
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Lightbulb |
Thomas Edison |
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the stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad used -the Pullman Company- to make huge, unearned profits for themselves |
Credit Mobilier |
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the Interstate Commerce Act reestablished the right of the -railroad companies- to supervise railroad activities and set up the Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose |
Government |
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the main purpose of the company known as Credit Mobilier was to ______ |
steal railroad money for its shareholders |
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Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following EXCEPT: |
cutting the quality of his products |
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the Sherman Antitrust Act |
Made it illegal to form trusts that interfered with free trade. |
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Great strike took place in the |
Railroad industry |
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In 1800s collective bargaining was a technique to |
Win workers rights. |
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the use of standardized time and time zones was introduced in order to benefit |
Railroad companies and train travelers. |
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Social Darwinism was used to justify all of the following EXCEPT: |
Government regulation of business. |
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Vertical interation, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves |
Buying out raw material producers and distributors |
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the Interstate Commerce Act gave the right to supervise railroad activities to |
The federal government |
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which of the following did Social Darwinism DISCOURAGE? |
Government regulation |
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in which of the following did 146 female workers die in a fire? |
The triangle shirtwaist factory |
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what made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800s |
New methods of making steel |
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what did industrial consolidation and trusts reduce during the late 1800s? |
Competition |
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Who organized the Industrial Workers of the World? |
Radical unionists and socialists. |
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which of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire? |
Changes in local laws for women and children |
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what was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act? |
To lower excessive railroad rates |
