Social Studies - Chapter 4 Grade 8

faire policy - A non-intervention policy maintained during the age of big businesses. The US government encourages the growth of the industry. Because of this policy, some companies, such as steel and railroads, became extremely large.

Morgan purchased Carnegie's company in 1901 and reorganized it into the U.S. Steel Corporation, which became (At the time) the world's largest corporation and steel producer.

On a trip to England, Carnugue learned about the Bessemer steel-making process.

trust Act of 1890 - Response to the public outcry against monopolistic companies, the first federal law of its kind. It launched the trust-busting era.

An example is the PA railroad

Coal

A system in which made cars less expensive

Visited by 10 million Americans to celebrate our nation's 10 years of independence by showing off new inventions.

A motion picture camera built by Thomas Edison and his team

Johnstown, PA experienced the country's greatest natural disaster. Johnstown was our nation's largest producer of iron and steel.

Produced abundant social problems among the industrial workers of our nation. Major growth in the industry and machines

Built the first steam train

- Rushe the American Red Cross to the Johnstown Flood site

Invented a new process of blasting air through molten iron. STEEL

Built a steel empire using the Bessemer Process

Union leader of the Wobblies

Drilled our nation's first successful oil well

president of the American Federation of Labor at its founding convention

Invented the sewing machine

solved the runaway car problem with the invention of the knuckle coupler

A union organizer who co-founded the I.W.W. and worked at strikes

Built our nation's first successful oil refinery

The leader of the Knights of Labor

Designed comfortable sleeper cars for the railroads

Built an oil-refining empire and founder of Standard Oil Company

The richest man in America and controlled the ship industry

Invented the telephone

Invented the lightbulb and the kinetoscope

Invented a car with an assembly line and was cheaper than a normal car

Founded the Mack Trucks

Co-developed the telegraph, but his system was simpler

Established the glass industry

Invented the wire rope. Used for aqueducts and suspension bridges

Revolutionized the meat-packing industry with the idea of a refrigerated railroad car

Invented the airplane