This Scottish immigrant became a millionaire by revolutionizing the steel industry. He employed vertical integration to control the steel industry.

A worker association that bargains with employers about wages, benefits, and working conditions. Many of these organizations were established in the late 1800s.

This union, founded by Terence Powderly, was open to all workers including women and blacks. It lost popularity after the Haymarket Riot.

The idea that natural selection and survival of the fittest should be applied to the marketplace. This theory suggested Standard Oil should naturally control the oil industry because they are the most powerful oil company.

John D. Rockefeller's company that gained a monopoly over the petroleum market by swiftly eliminating the competition. Eventually this company became known as Esso and eventually Exxon.

A worker association that bargains with employers about wages, benefits, and working conditions. Many of these organizations were established in the late 1800s.

This Supreme Court decision ruled that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act only applied to commerce and did not apply to manufacturing.

American fur trader and financier, he founded the fur-trading post of Astoria and the American Fur Company.

These people were private guards who would put down strikes. They were armed and were used by management to help put down the Homestead Strike.

Perhaps the most famous United States inventor. His inventions include the phonograph, incandescent electric light, and the microphone.

Sherman Antitrust Act

Perhaps the most famous United States inventor. His inventions include the phonograph, incandescent electric light, and the microphone.

U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co.

This Supreme Court decision ruled that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act only applied to commerce and did not apply to manufacturing.

Laissez-Faire Capitalism

An author of popular novels in which a poor man became rich through working hard. Many young boys read his "dime store novels."

John D. Rockefeller's company that gained a monopoly over the petroleum market by swiftly eliminating the competition. Eventually this company became known as Esso and eventually Exxon.

The idea that natural selection and survival of the fittest should be applied to the marketplace. This theory suggested Standard Oil should naturally control the oil industry because they are the most powerful oil company.

These people were private guards who would put down strikes. They were armed and were used by management to help put down the Homestead Strike.

This Supreme Court decision ruled that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act only applied to commerce and did not apply to manufacturing.

A Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishment was the invention of the telephone.

Led the American Railway Union which organized the Pullman Strike. He was arrested and put in jail when he did not comply with the order to stop the strike.

Alexander Graham Bell

A Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishment was the invention of the telephone.

Perhaps the most famous United States inventor. His inventions include the phonograph, incandescent electric light, and the microphone.

A Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishment was the invention of the telephone.

This union, founded by Terence Powderly, was open to all workers including women and blacks. It lost popularity after the Haymarket Riot.

An American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer in the electric industry helping to make the lighting of cities and the operation of electric streetcars possible.

John D. Rockefeller's company that gained a monopoly over the petroleum market by swiftly eliminating the competition. Eventually this company became known as Esso and eventually Exxon.

An author of popular novels in which a poor man became rich through working hard. Many young boys read his "dime store novels."

A worker association that bargains with employers about wages, benefits, and working conditions. Many of these organizations were established in the late 1800s.

Perhaps the most famous United States inventor. His inventions include the phonograph, incandescent electric light, and the microphone.

American fur trader and financier, he founded the fur-trading post of Astoria and the American Fur Company.

Closing a factory down so that unions lose their momentum and a strike loses its power. These are created by factory owners to get workers to accept the conditions of the factory managers.

Perhaps the most famous United States inventor. His inventions include the phonograph, incandescent electric light, and the microphone.

These people were private guards who would put down strikes. They were armed and were used by management to help put down the Homestead Strike.

An American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer in the electric industry helping to make the lighting of cities and the operation of electric streetcars possible.

A Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishment was the invention of the telephone.

John D. Rockefeller's company that gained a monopoly over the petroleum market by swiftly eliminating the competition. Eventually this company became known as Esso and eventually Exxon.

This union, founded by Terence Powderly, was open to all workers including women and blacks. It lost popularity after the Haymarket Riot.

The idea that natural selection and survival of the fittest should be applied to the marketplace. This theory suggested Standard Oil should naturally control the oil industry because they are the most powerful oil company.

A riot that occurred in Chicago when police attempted to break up a union rally. People died when a bomb was thrown and, as a result, many people began to associate unions with violent activity.