The Men Who Built America Episode Four

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Across
  1. 5. (3wrds)Year of the major presidential election described early on
  2. 6. Candidate backed by the titans to defeat Bryan
  3. 11. (2wrds) Equipment Carnegie claims Mesabi ore will clog
  4. 13. Workers described as dying at high rates on the job
  5. 15. (2wrds) Morgan’s new company formed after buying Carnegie’s empire
  6. 16. Oil titan described as ruthlessly expanding his empire
  7. 18. (2wrds) Law used to rule Standard Oil’s practices unlawful
  8. 20. What McKinley rolls back after winning (as described)
  9. 21. The widening gap between rich and poor described in the transcript
  10. 23. What public voting enables through employer oversight
  11. 27. The transportation network used to connect the nation
  12. 29. Steel titan whose metal builds cities “to the sky”
  13. 33. (2wrds) Rockefeller company sued in the major antitrust trial
  14. 38. Long process Carnegie and Rockefeller engage in directly
  15. 39. How much McKinley outspends Bryan (ratio)
  16. 40. (2wrds) Office used to sideline Roosevelt (as described)
  17. 42. Event that brings Roosevelt to the presidency
  18. 44. City where McKinley travels before he is shot
Down
  1. 1. Carnegie’s right-hand man approached by Morgan
  2. 2. What Morgan aims to create by consolidating steel competitors
  3. 3. Minnesota iron ore deposit that becomes strategically important
  4. 4. (3wrds) Candidate presented as champion of the poor
  5. 7. (3wrds)Number of firms Standard Oil is broken into
  6. 8. (2wrds) Campaign tour style Bryan uses to speak directly to people
  7. 9. (2wrds) Where the average worker’s wages fall (as described)
  8. 10. What Carnegie writes down to sell his company
  9. 12. (2wrds)Ford’s affordable car credited with changing American life
  10. 14. (2wrds) Key negotiation principle emphasized in the transcript
  11. 17. (4wrds) The figure Carnegie writes as his buyout price
  12. 19. Legal campaign Roosevelt launches against major trusts
  13. 21. (2wrds) Primary material needed for steel production
  14. 22. Banking titan tied to electricity and consolidation
  15. 24. Politician who becomes the titans’ biggest political threat
  16. 25. (2wrds)Production system that makes cars far faster and cheaper
  17. 26. (2wrds) Nickname given to Bryan in the transcript
  18. 28. (2wrds) The conflict America is described as fighting back from
  19. 30. Power source Morgan helps spread across the country
  20. 31. (2wrds)Entrepreneur framed as an anti-monopoly “new kind” of businessman
  21. 32. Steel companies Rockefeller supplies to weaken Carnegie
  22. 34. (2wrds) Financial center used to fund and drive McKinley’s campaign
  23. 35. Payments ALAM demands per car in its lawsuit against Ford
  24. 36. Titan linked with connecting the nation by railroads
  25. 37. (2wrds) Economic system Bryan is described as opposing
  26. 41. Morgan-owned industry targeted in Roosevelt’s first major case
  27. 43. Large monopolistic business combinations Bryan vows to tear down