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AH Module 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This person(last name) invented the typewriter in 1867. | Sholes |
| This person(last name) successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil. | Drake |
| This person(last name) created a cheaper and more efficient way of producing steel. | Bessemer |
| This person(last name) was one of Edison's assistants that developed the carbon filament that allowed the lightbulb to burn longer. | Latimer |
| The Wizard of Menlo Park. | Edison |
| This person(last name) invented the telephone in 1876. | Bell |
| This person(last name) developed a luxury sleeping railcar in a factory in Illinois. | Pullman |
| This person(last name) was one of the titans of industry. He was most known for his shipping business until he transferred it to the railroad. Also known as the "Commodore". | Vanderbilt |
| This person(last name) was known for his Standard Oil company. | Rockefeller |
| Due to communities operating based on sun times, Professor C.F. Dowd suggested this to help railroad schedules. | Time Zones |
| This person(last name) came from Scotland and became a titan of industry for his Steel Company. | Carnegie |
| This was the process of owning all levels of production. Carnegie used this model in his steel industry. | vertical integration |
| This process joins together companies producing similar products. Similar to Rockefeller owning most oil refineries. | horizontal integration |
| Another name for a trust. | monopoly |
| This person(last name) was an American banker that took over struggling companies and merged them. | Morgan |
| The _____________ Antitrust Act made it illegal to form monopolies that interfered with free trade. | Sherman |
| This person(last name) was the first president of the American Federation of Labor(AFL). | Gompers |
| This person(first middle last names) was the most prominent organizer in the women's labor movement. | Mary Harris Jones |
| A protest by the B&O Railroad workers over their wage cuts led to the _________ _________ of 1877. | Great Strike |
| The _________________ Affair(Riot) occurred when a bomb was tossed at police and police fired on the protestors. The protestors wanted an 8 hour work day. | Haymarket |
| The _______________ Strike occurred when Carnegie Steel announced plans to cut wages of their workers. Violence broke out when fighting between the workers and the Pinkerton Detectives occurred. | Homestead |
| The _________________ Strike occurred when the company laid off many of their workers and cut wages of the rest. | Pullman |
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