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Gilded Age Review

Horizontales
A ______ is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law
Exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity
A steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort
He became known as the Father of Miami, Florida. In historical perspective, "Flagler built his tourist empire — and modern Florida — by exploiting two brutal labor systems that blanketed the South for 50 years after the Civil War
Control over all companies that make a single good or commodity
American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. He owned New York Central Railroad
This Labor Union promoted the social and cultural uplift of the worker, and demanded the eight-hour day. The leaders felt that it was best to have a versatile population in order to get points of view from all aspects. to attain their goals primarily through boycotts and peaceful negotiations
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour work day, the day after police killed one and injured several workers.
During the Gilded Age, this belief that _________capitalism produced optimal results for society came into conflict with the efforts of reformers and labor unions to rein in the influence of big businesses.
He had 1,093 patents to his name and paved the way for many electricity-based technologies years before the physics of electricity was understood.
device or system that allows the transmission of information by coded signal over distance.
Verticales
American business owner for oil refining. He founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870
He led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States
an era that occurred during the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. An era of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Western United States
A widespread railroad strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic in the U.S. Midwest in June–July 1894
Control over all stages of production. The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
The American Federation of Labor used__________ to force concessions from business owners.
The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.
A violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers that occurred in 1892 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The striking workers were all fired on July 2, and on July 6 private security guards hired by the company arrived.
An American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age. Among other businesses, he ownedPullman Car Company (rail)
A Serbian inventor who worked for Thomas Edison and perfected “AC” electricity