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- 3. an English inventor, whose steel-making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century
- 7. the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- 8. prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years
- 11. an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911
- 13. nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.
- 15. an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author
- 16. the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another
- 20. led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history
- 24. came largely from southern and eastern Europe.
- 25. an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests
- 26. an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures
- 27. processed about half a million immigrants from 80 countries
- 28. the group European immigrants who “came mainly from Northern and Central Europe
- 29. provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams
- 30. a new law imposed requirements for tenements
- 31. known for reorganizing businesses to make them more profitable and stable and gaining control of them
- 32. also known as the "Sugar Trust Case," was a United States Supreme Court antitrust case that severely limited the federal government's power to pursue antitrust actions
- 33. an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World
- 34. was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois
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- 1. an article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy
- 2. authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them
- 4. America's largest and most active immigration station
- 5. an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall
- 6. an economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism
- 9. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history
- 10. a business strategy in which one company grows its operations at the same level in an industry
- 12. refers to various theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics and politics
- 14. the combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies
- 17. an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America
- 18. the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
- 19. firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something
- 21. a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone
- 22. a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789
- 23. a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title