The Growth of Big Business

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Across
  1. 2. a monopolistic corporation (before 1914)
  2. 4. this locomotive makes transportation more efficient and more powerful in any terrain
  3. 5. most of the mini for minerals and ores take place in this region of the country
  4. 8. this ore range in Minnesota provides most of the iron for the US mills
  5. 9. US Steel became the 1st ________ dollar corporation
  6. 11. this French term for "hands=off" pf business enterprices
  7. 13. the Credit ________ scandal was the biggest scandal of the Era of Good Steelings
  8. 14. these were the 1st BIG businesses of the era
  9. 15. st Promontory Point, in this territory, the first transcontinental RR was completed
  10. 16. tax on an imported good to protect/help domestic companies
  11. 19. this amendment to the Constitution allows corporations to do pretty much anything they wanted to do
Down
  1. 1. this oil company controlled the petroleum processing industry
  2. 3. because of horizontal integration, this man became the wealthiest man in history (surname)
  3. 6. it means "government assistance" and is used to finance expensive endeavors
  4. 7. this table, developed in Russia, allowed for lots of new chemical and industrial developments
  5. 10. in order to get to the ores, most of the native Americans were forced into _______
  6. 12. the bessemer Convertor could turn _______ ore into cheaper but stronger rust-resistant steel
  7. 17. Andrew Carnegie became the giant (magnate)in the ________ industry
  8. 18. in order to weaken the Plain Indians, soldiers were ordered to exterminate this animal