Vocab 3 - Industrial Revolution

This violent fight between the police and protestors at a labor rally near Chicago. They were protesting how workers were killed during a riot the day before.

• Railroad Strike of 1877

• Haymarket Riot

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

Steelworkers, in the union, fought Carnegie Steel Co. over a decrease ↓ in wages $ - One of the first strikes.

• Railroad Strike of 1877

• Haymarket Riot

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

Railway workers strike against the company that built railway cars.

• Railroad Strike of 1877

• Haymarket Riot

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

A financial system in which economic production, consumption, and exchange, are under government control and regulation like socialism & communism.

• Monopoly

• Planned economy

• Market economy

• Social Darwinism

It is an economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.

• Monopoly

• Planned economy

• Market economy

• Social Darwinism

This means that the strong businessman see their wealth & power increase ($ ↑), while the weak see their money & power decrease ( ↓ $)

• Monopoly

• Planned economy

• Market economy

• Social Darwinism

A business leader who became rich, increased productivity by paying his workers well & treating them well, and also helped the community.

• Captains of Industry

• Robber Barons

• Henry Flagler

• Knights of Labor

Who was responsible for building the Florida East Coast Railway from Daytona to Key West?

• Captains of Industry

• Robber Barons

• Henry Flagler

• Knights of Labor

successful industrialists whose business practices were often considered ruthless or unethical.

• Captains of Industry

• Robber Barons

• Henry Flagler

• Knights of Labor

was an American labor federation active in the late 19th century, especially in the 1880s.

• Captains of Industry

• Robber Barons

• Henry Flagler

• Knights of Labor