Across
- 4. The government gave railroad companies millions of acres of public land
- 9. occur only when running (e.g., wages, raw materials)
- 10. A person who manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise in pursuit of profit.
- 11. An organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a single person.
- 13. perfected the lightbulb and created a system for power distribution.
- 14. The father of Communism
- 15. They provided the grueling labor needed to build the railroad
- 17. an economic philosophy where the government interferes as little as possible in the economy.
- 20. A business model where a company owns all the different stages of production
- 21. An inventor who championed alternating current
Down
- 1. The rail line completed in 1869 linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
- 2. A major 1872 scandal
- 3. The pragmatic leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
- 5. Skilled laborers
- 6. The titan of the oil industry
- 7. The total value of all goods and services produced by a country
- 8. A rise in the value of money
- 12. Unskilled workers with few rights and lower pay.
- 16. Behind the first transatlantic telegraph cable, revolutionizing global communication.
- 18. a company pays even if it's not running (e.g., loans, taxes).
- 19. People who own shares of a corporation
