Chapter 15 Happy Fun Sheet

2. "Survival of the fittest."
3. Inventor of the typewriter.
5. Built the first modern oil well in Pennsylvania.
6. Time period of new machinery and inventions.
7. Economy where the government makes all decisions for people and businesses.
10. Built tons of railroads in the US...especially in the South.
12. State where Thomas Edison lived.
14. PA city that was the center of the steel industry.
16. PA town that was home to the first modern oil well.
17. Process used to make steel.
19. State where the Wright Brothers flew their first airplane.
23. North Carolina town where the Wright Brothers flew their first plane.
24. Country where the 1st steam-powered horseless carriage was built.
26. Chicago incident where anarchists detonated a bomb to kill police officers.
31. Natural resource that was abundant in western PA and West Virginia that helped make steel.
32. Invented the first practical incandescent lightbulb.
33. French phrase that means "hands off"--the government leaves businesses alone.
34. Utah town where the Transcontinental Railroad get completed at in 1869?
36. Telegraph company that specialized in sending telegraphs for people.
37. Inventor of the telegraph.
38. __________ Antitrust Act.
39. When one business or corporation is the only seller of a good.

1. _________ __________; group of workers fighting for better money and working conditions.
3. Where did Andrew Carnegie immigrate from when he moved to the US?
4. Invented the compressed air brake for trains.
8. Millionaire known for producing steel.
9. When a labor union and workers refuse to go to work until their demands are met.
11. Brothers Charles and Frank __________ built the first practical horseless carriage.
13. Name of the oil company founded by John Rockefeller.
15. American author that became well known for his "rags to riches" stories and books and helped to create the "American Dream."
18. To be denied a job because you are a member of a union.
20. Economy where people and businesses make their own choices.
21. Inventor of the telephone.
22. Thomas Edison's nickname.
25. A person that risks their money and invests it into a business.
27. Oil/kerosene started to replace oil retrieved from this creature.
28. To donate large sums of money to charities.
29. What the government gives an inventor of a product to protect their invention so only they can sell it.
30. A large business.
35. Labor union created for only white men in 1869.