Across
- 2. laid track westward
- 5. invented talking telegram
- 8. suggested government ownership of business and the distribution of wealth
- 10. lead American Federation of Labor that tried to obtain better wages
- 11. a battle happened at this river and General underestimated the number of Indians he was facing
- 12. as production increases the cost of each item produced is lower
- 14. Irish and Chinese were these
- 15. system of long and short pulses that represent letters
- 16. a way of getting around monopoly laws
- 17. expected to work long hours for very little pay
- 18. a loose association of businesses who produce the same product
- 19. railroad across the country
- 21. laid track eastward
- 24. assembly line
- 27. where the golden spike was driven
- 29. when people who bought large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit
- 30. a set standard that people follow
Down
- 1. when companies drop their prices to drive out their competitors out of business
- 3. praised for creating jobs and helping economy grow
- 4. gaining control of many different businesses
- 6. perfected the idea of morse code
- 7. small battle between Cheyenne tribe and Colorado's governor
- 9. used verical consolidation to become a leader in steel production
- 13. rules to own land and to build a home on and also signed by Lincoln in 1862
- 20. survival of the fittest
- 22. seen as stripping the world of its natural resources
- 23. lead by Terence Powderly
- 25. process new way of burning impurities out of iron
- 26. how wide a track is
- 28. when a company is in complete control of a product or service