Eugene V. Debs was

How did J.D. Rockefeller gain control of the oil industry?

Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse both worked wonders with

Edwin Drake was the first person to successfully use a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Edison was credited with the invention of the telephone.

George Westinghouse invented the first air brake for railroad cars.

J.P.Morgan bought Andrew Carnegie's steel empire and formed the US Steel Corporation.

Milton Hershey failed at several business attempts before he succeeded with his milk chocolate company in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Samuel Morse used the telegraph to transmit his Morse Code messages.

In 1809, Mary Keyes was the first woman to hold a patent with the United States government for her machine that would weave women's hats.

Madame Walker was the first Spanish-American woman to be recognized with her invention of the flat-bottomed paper bag.

A negative term for a worker called in by an employer to replace striking laborers.

A process of gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development.

Complete control of a product or service.

An economic and social philosophy holding that a system of unrestrained competition will ensure the survival of the fittest corporation.

1892 work stoppage in Pennsylvania against Carnegie Steel Corporation.

The process of bringing together many different firms in the same busness to form one large company.

A law created in 1877 that restablished the government's right to supervise railroad activities and created an Interstate Commerce Commission.

A construction company formed in 1864 by owners of the Union Pacific Railroad, who used it to fraudulently skim off railroad profits for themselves.

A process in which workers negotiate as a group with employers for better wages, working conditions, and other items.

An 1877 court case in which the Supreme Court upheld states' regulation of railroads for the benefit of farmers and consumers.

An 1894 railway strike started because of massive layoffs and some employees received a 25% wage cut.

This person invented the typewriter in 1867 and changed the office forever.

An African American inventor who played a key role in improving the light bulb when he invented a carbon filament in 1881.

A process used to make steel more efficiently and was patented in 1856.

A union led by Samuel Gompers that was able to reach written agreements with owners over wages, hours worked, and working conditions.

A New York railroad owner who systematically bought up many railroad companies across the eastern part of the USA through hostile takeovers in the stock market.

An organizer in the women's labor movement who supported the Great Strike of 1877 and later organized for the United Mine Workers of America.

Which of the following was NOT an invention by a female inventor.