Across
- 4. Signed by Lincoln in 1862, person could get 160 acres of land if they met certain conditions
- 6. New way of burning impurities from iron
- 9. Railroad developed the connected the east and the west
- 11. Invented telephone in 1876
- 12. Philosophy the believes in survival of the fittest
- 13. Invented Morse code
- 14. People who raced into Oklahoma to lay claim to land for a small fee
- 18. As production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
- 20. Workers lived in towns created by George Pullman and had lots of control over workers lives, after he had to lay off workers they tried to negotiate but went on strike
- 24. This factor was caused by people losing everything during the civil war and looking for a new start, land in the east was becoming more expensive
- 25. People who bought lots of land hoping to sell it later for a profit
- 26. Gaining control of different businesses involved with a product's development
- 28. Philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and equal distribution of wealth
- 29. Union called a strike in summer of 1892 after Henry Frick cut wages at Carnegie steel
Down
- 1. When a company is in complete control of product or service
- 2. Leader of the American Railway Union, helped 260,000 workers go on strike in support of the Pullman workers
- 3. Land was measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and could do with it
- 5. When company drops prices to a low level to drive out competitors, then buy the competition and raise prices
- 7. Loose association of businesses producing same product with limited production
- 8. Workers went on strike in May 1886 to support the 8 hour work day, police broke up fights at the factory
- 10. Industrialists seen as cruel and heartless
- 15. This factor was caused by the dream of owning land, cheap land out west, people looking for gold
- 16. Industrialists seen as helping economy
- 17. Lead the Knights of Labor, which allowed anyone
- 19. Leader of the American Federation of labor, which only allowed skilled workers
- 20. Golden spike for transcontinental railroad was driven in here
- 21. Hands off or non interference
- 22. People that cheated and went into Oklahoma early to claim the best land
- 23. Worker trained to do one step, then product moved on to someone else
- 27. Way of getting around anti monopoly laws, controlled but not owned by one company