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#27 What man built a steel empire with the help of many business partners?

Andrew Carnegie

#21 What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

telephone

#7 What industry had the first trust?

oil

#29 What did the Interstate Commerce Act do? (3 things)

told railroads to set fair prices, kept railroads from charging more for short distances than for long, created the Interstate Commerce Commission

#19 What country had many immigrants that worked on the western part of the transcontinental railroad?

China

"Laissez-faire" is connected with what economic system?

capitalism

#9 What is used by courts to stop a strike?

injunction

#5 Many immigrants coming into America in the 1800s were what 3 religions?

Catholic, Jewish, or Eastern Orthodox

#18 What was the railroad company that came from the west across the Sierra Nevadas?

Central Pacific

#30 Which railroad did James J. Hill own?

Great Northern Railroad

#12 What is a "focus on money and possessions"?

materialism

#22 What was the primary reason for the large increase in the American population in the 1800s?

immigration

#28 What inventor is known for the lightbulb?

Thomas Edison

#25 What law did Congress pass in 1890 to stop trusts?

Sherman Antitrust Act

#24 Who consolidated small railroad lines to create a railroad empire?

Cornelius Vanderbilt

#8 What idea says that driving weaker competitors out of business is just part of the struggle for survival?

social Darwinism

What rights did labor unions want to get? (2)

eight-hour workdays, collective bargaining

#36 Where was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

Promontory Point, Utah

#6 How did the transcontinental railroad company receive money?

The government gave them money for each mile of track they laid.

#31 What was the most common place for immigrants to enter the U.S.?

Ellis Island

The Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed because so many immigrants were coming from what country?

China

#16 What is the transcontinental railroad in the North?

Great Northern Railroad

#10 What is a business owned by two or more people?

partnership

#11 What is a supersized corporation of combined businesses?

a trust

#14 What was built in the 1860s by Irish workers and war veterans?

Union Pacific Railroad

#2 What event caused railroads to become more advanced?

the Civil War

#15 What is a group of local unions composed of skilled laborers?

American Federation of Labor

What is a group of businessmen who buy up stock to control several separate businesses?

a holding company

#17 What was the older union that was open to all workers?

Knights of Labor

#3 Which grew more during the 1800s, cities or the country?

cities (urban areas)

#26 Why did so many immigrants come from Ireland in the 1800s?

potato blight/famine

#20 What man formed the first trust?

John D. Rockefeller

#23 Who organized the American Federation of Labor?

Samuel Gompers

#4 Most of America's early business were what type?

sole proprietorships (owned by one person)

#13 What is a one-owner business?

sole proprietership

#1 How many transcontinental railroads were there by the end of the 1800s?

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