Post Civil War

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Across
  1. 1. suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
  2. 4. workers went out on strike in support of the eight our work day
  3. 6. a source of communication using short and long pulses
  4. 8. accepted woman, blacks and even unskilled workers
  5. 9. was proof that the U.S. had taken it's place as one of the world's powers
  6. 13. an anarchist who tried to assassinate Frick but failed
  7. 15. lead one of the first unions called Knights of Labor
  8. 17. where the golden spike was driven in connecting the two sides together
  9. 18. produced sleeping cars for railroads
  10. 19. where the police broke up fights between striking workers and scab workers
  11. 20. people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
  12. 22. was a way of getting around anti monopoly laws and businesses were controlled but not owned
  13. 24. people that raced into the Oklahoma territories and claimed land parcels for a very small sum
  14. 25. invented the talking telegram in 1876 and could talk from miles away
  15. 28. gaining control of many different businesses that make up all phases of production's development
  16. 29. when a company is in complete control of a product or service and have eliminated all of their competition
  17. 30. a new way of burning the impurities out of iron thus producing a lighter, stronger, and more flexible steel
Down
  1. 2. Custer went to go move the Sioux nation on reservations but underestimated how many people there was, Custer and all his men died
  2. 3. quit his job and became a full time inventor
  3. 5. only allowed membership to skilled workers and tried to obtain better wages and working hours
  4. 7. a person could pay a small fee to gain about 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions
  5. 10. helped speed up the normal processes of everyday life
  6. 11. in a loose association of businesses who produce the same product and they agree to limit production thus driving up prices
  7. 12. when a company drops their prices really low running the other businesses out of business and then raise their prices back up
  8. 14. land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
  9. 16. Black Kettle signed a treaty with Colorado's governor. Chivington's 700 men attacked the helpless cheyenne and killed 500 people
  10. 21. as production increases, the cost of each item in lowered
  11. 23. expected to work long hours with very little pay
  12. 26. when your trained to do one step of the production
  13. 27. a market structure where only a few large profitable companies control most of the production of a certain product