Post Civil War
Across
- 4. Workers went on strike in support of the eight hour work day.
- 11. Henry Frick cut workers wages at Carnegie steel and the Union called a protest.
- 15. Signed by Lincoln, allowed people to buy 160 acres of let if they met certain criteria.
- 16. Invented by Samuel Morse System of long and short pulses, used to communicate.
- 17. Survival of the Fittest.
- 19. Leader of the American Federation of Labor.
- 20. When a company drops its price to a low level driving competitors out of business.
- 24. Helped Invent the Lightbulb.
- 26. People who waited for the boom of the cannon during the great land race.
- 27. Seen as Captains of Industry and Robber Barons.
- 29. Anarchist that tried to assassinate Frick.
- 30. Leader of the Knights of Labor.
Down
- 1. Cheated during the great land race, hid early so they could get the best land.
- 2. Workers who work during a strike
- 3. A way to get around monopoly laws Businesses were controlled but not owned by one company.
- 5. As production increases the cost of each item produced is lower.
- 6. Loose association of business who produce the same product.
- 7. Police for Hire
- 8. A new way of Burning the impurities out of Iron, making it lighter,stronger,and more flexible.
- 9. General that lost the battle of Little bighorn, his troops and him all died.
- 10. Owner of Carnegie Steel, was away in Europe when his Partner cut wages at Carnegie steel.
- 12. Equal distribution of wealth.
- 13. When a company gains control of all the phases of its products production.
- 14. Invented the talking telephone.
- 18. Proof of American success as a world power.
- 21. Expected to work long Hours for little pay, worked in Unsafe conditions.
- 22. People who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it for profit.
- 23. Custer and 200 men took the full force of 2000 Indians at the little bighorn river, Custer and his men all died.
- 25. Cut workers wages at Carnegie steel causing a Strike.
- 28. When a company is in complete control of a product or service.