Main Idea Questions
1. Big business owners of the second half of the 19th century have been called both Robber Barons and Captains of Industry. Which of these two labels to believe is more appropriate and why?
2. Who were the leading entrepreneurs who pioneered the growth of Big Business? What were their goals and what strategies did they use to dominate their respective industries?
3. How effective were the efforts of workers to organize unions to promote their interests during this era?
2. Who were the leading entrepreneurs who pioneered the growth of Big Business? What were their goals and what strategies did they use to dominate their respective industries?
3. How effective were the efforts of workers to organize unions to promote their interests during this era?
Terms:
1. Cornelius Vanderbilt
2. John D. Rockefeller
3. Andrew Carnegie
4. J. P. Morgan
5. Alexander Graham Bell
6. Thomas Edison
7. George Westinghouse
8. Transcontinental Railroad
9. Standard Oil Company
10. vertical integration
11. horizontal integration
12. Laissez-faire
13. Trust
14. Monopoly
15. Corporation
16. Jane Addams
17. Child Labor
18. Knights of Labor
19. Mother Jones
20. Anarchism
21. Haymarket Riot
22. Homestead Steel Strike
23. Pullman Strike
2. John D. Rockefeller
3. Andrew Carnegie
4. J. P. Morgan
5. Alexander Graham Bell
6. Thomas Edison
7. George Westinghouse
8. Transcontinental Railroad
9. Standard Oil Company
10. vertical integration
11. horizontal integration
12. Laissez-faire
13. Trust
14. Monopoly
15. Corporation
16. Jane Addams
17. Child Labor
18. Knights of Labor
19. Mother Jones
20. Anarchism
21. Haymarket Riot
22. Homestead Steel Strike
23. Pullman Strike