U.S. History Crossword

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  1. 2. A labor organization that sought to organize workers along the lines of industrial unions rather than the specialized trade, or craft, unions of the American Federation of Labor.
  2. 5. An Irish-born American labor organizer, former schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.
  3. 10. An American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
  4. 11. An American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard.
  5. 14. Was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.
  6. 15. An American inventor and businessman.
  7. 19. A train route across the United States that was finished in 1869. The route connected the east and west regions of the U.S. by rail for the first time.
  8. 20. Refers to various theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics and politics
  9. 21. When a business grows by acquiring a similar company in their industry at the same point of the supply chain.
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  1. 1. A Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
  2. 3. A United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the power of state governments to regulate private industries that affect "the common good."
  3. 4. A British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
  4. 6. A sham construction company chartered to build the Union Pacific Railroad by financing it with unmarketable bonds.
  5. 7. A national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886.
  6. 8. An American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the sleeping car and founded a company town
  7. 9. A United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.
  8. 12. When a business expands by acquiring another company that operates before or after them in the supply chain.
  9. 13. A Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist.
  10. 16. A United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce.
  11. 17. An American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil.
  12. 18. The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.