Post Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. laid track westward
  2. 5. invented talking telegram
  3. 8. suggested government ownership of business and the distribution of wealth
  4. 10. lead American Federation of Labor that tried to obtain better wages
  5. 11. a battle happened at this river and General underestimated the number of Indians he was facing
  6. 12. as production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
  7. 14. Irish and Chinese were these
  8. 15. system of long and short pulses that represent letters
  9. 16. a way of getting around monopoly laws
  10. 17. expected to work long hours for very little pay
  11. 18. a loose association of businesses who produce the same product
  12. 19. railroad across the country
  13. 21. laid track eastward
  14. 24. assembly line
  15. 27. where the golden spike was driven
  16. 29. when people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
  17. 30. a set standard that people follow
Down
  1. 1. when companies drop their prices to drive out their competitors out of business
  2. 3. praised for creating jobs and helping economy grow
  3. 4. gaining control of many different businesses
  4. 6. perfected the idea of morse code
  5. 7. small battle between Cheyenne tribe and Colorado's governor
  6. 9. used verical consolidation to become a leader in steel production
  7. 13. rules to own land and to build a home on and also signed by Lincoln in 1862
  8. 20. survival of the fittest
  9. 22. seen as stripping the world of its natural resources
  10. 23. lead by Terence Powderly
  11. 25. process new way of burning impurities out of iron
  12. 26. how wide a track is
  13. 28. when a company is in complete control of a product or service