Across
- 3. Carnegie's philosophy that the wealthy should benefit society by charitable giving is called the ___________________ of wealth (it's a philosophy, not a religion, though)
- 6. Knights of Labor is an example of one of these. They sought to organize workers and force corporations to negotiate concerning wages and working conditions.
- 8. He wrote an essay called "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"
- 14. Name of railroad construction company involved in scandal. Pocketed extra money; bribed politicians to look the other way.
- 15. US army took drastic measures, like winter campaigns, to leave Indians with no choice but to move into these areas, which were small parcels of land that the federal government had parceled off for the Indians' use.
- 17. What piece of legislation, passed in 1887, the ________________ Commerce Act was the first large-sale attempt by the federal government to regulate business in the interest of society. It's focus was on regulating the railroads.
- 19. Not much industry moved into America's South, still reeling from the Civil War. An exception to this: ______ mills.
- 21. Railroad lines that connected western US to the eastern US
- 22. "Captain of Industry" who made his money in the steel industry
Down
- 1. This term, __________________ faire, refers to government practice of letting the economy and market place operate according to its own natural laws (not government-made laws; the government will just "let it be")
- 2. Monopoly by organizing companies in the same field (example: owning all the gas stations)
- 4. There were 15 million of them grazing the plains when the Civil War ended. By 1885, they were nearing extinction, with fewer than a thousand alive.
- 5. This concept, social ________________, meant the "survival of the fittest" -- but with people and business, instead of nature. Can lead to self-justification by wealthy and contempt for poor.
- 7. The "money trust" was dominated by a few powerful bankers, including this one. He bought Carnegie Steel and turned it into US Steel, America's first billion dollar corporation
- 9. Critics of the "Captains of Industry" referred to them as _______ barons
- 10. Attracted by the promises of the Homestead Act of 1862, many of these people (often farmers) came west looking for a better life (with more land)
- 11. Innovative process that made it possible to produce cheap steel. Carnegie used this technology.
- 12. Monopoly by controlling the many steps in producing a single commodity (example: for oil, controlling the exploration, drilling, refining, and marketing of the product)
- 13. He and the soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry were massacred by Indians at The Battle of Little Bighorn. This was the last great Indian victory
- 16. "Captain of Industry" who made his money in oil
- 18. Perfected the electric light bulb, which gave us more productive hours each day for work, study, and leisure.
- 20. Mark Twain coined this title for the industrial era where there was fabulous wealth, but corruption and decay was just beneath the surface