The Gilded Age

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Across
  1. 2. Formed the United States Steel Corporation in 1901.
  2. 3. Who gained their fame and fortune in the railroad industry.
  3. 6. Became president after James A. Garfield died.
  4. 7. Shot president James A. Garfield in the back at a train station.
  5. 8. Food Processor.
  6. 10. invented the Telephone.
  7. 11. New sources of power.
  8. 13. earliest significant labor union formed in 1869.
  9. 16. Who controlled much of the nations shipping by 1860.
  10. 17. A president who was shot just a few weeks after his inauguration.
  11. 18. A legal device by which a board of trustees are empowered to make decisions and control the operations of a whole group of companies.
  12. 21. Moderate Republicans who favored reform.
Down
  1. 1. It standardized sizes and design.
  2. 4. Consolidation of all of one entire segment of an industry.
  3. 5. Who owned the largest steel company in the world during this time.
  4. 9. First Democratic presidential victory in 28 years.
  5. 12. Invented over 1000 inventions.
  6. 14. Favored high tariffs, hard money, and the spoils system.
  7. 15. Americas first billionaire.
  8. 19. Helped to devise alternating current generators.
  9. 20. Founded the American Tobacco Company.