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1) Process in which a company buys out all of its suppliers and supplies
2) Invented the light bulb
3) Millionaire tycoon that made his riches in the steel industry
4. Made it illegal for corporations to interfere with free interstate or international trade
5) A corporation that does nothing but buy out the stock of other companies.
6) Theory that justifies the efforts of millionaires and discouraged government interference in big business
7) A corporation made up of many companies that receive certificates entitling them to dividends on profits earned
8) Invented the telephone
9) Process in which a company buys out their competitors
10) A market in which one company has complete control over an industries production, quality, wages paid and price charged
11) Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?
12) All of the following factors contributed to the immense industrial boom of the early 1900's except...
13) Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by doing all of the following except:
Source: A July 24, 1877 Washington, D.C. newspaper account of protests in Columbus, Ohio, during the nationwide railroad strikes in the summer of 1877.
“The mob which raided private establishments today closed up nearly all the rolling-mills, machine-shops and factories on the west side of the river. The mob was not composed of railroad men, but of tramps, miners, and idle roughs, who seem to have but recently come to the city. No violence was offered by the mob, as the operatives quit work and the shops suspended on the first demand in almost every case. In a few instances protests were made, but invariably the reply was shut up or burn up. The striking railroad men deny any connection with the raids on the shops, and say they are not responsible for the actions of the mob.”
14. Explain why a historian might NOT think that this passage PROVIDES enough EVIDENCE to understand the role of railroad workers during this strike in Columbus?
15. July 26, 1877 editorial condemning the railroad workers for their role in the violence by a Columbus newspaper known to be sympathetic to the railroad owners.
16. A police file on those arrested during riots in St. Louis, Missouri indicating that many of the rioters were railroad workers.
17. A letter written by a railroad worker two days after the protest that describes how he and his co-workers refused to participate in the violence