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3. Established the world's first research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey
5. Construction company formed by stockholders in the Union Pacific Railroad in 1864
7. Built a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars on the Illinois praire
8. Led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join with other craft unions in 1886
12. A railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869
13. made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries
14. Technique involved injecting air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities
15. Successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania
16. One of the first industrial moguls to make his own fortune

1. Organized by a group of radical unionists and socialists in Chicago; also known as the Wobblies
2. Established the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities and established a five-member Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose
4. When companies producing similar products merge
6. Most prominent organizer in the women's labor movement
9. Invented the typewriter in 1867
10. A company's taking over its suppliers and distributors and transportation systems to gain total control over the quality and cost of its product
11. Established Corporations such as the Standard Oil Company