Across
- 3. was seen as stipping the world of its natural resources, competing ruthlessly to put others out of business.
- 5. was a full time inventor. made a small invention every 10 days and a major invention every 6 months.
- 6. workers called the strike for wage at Carnegie steel.
- 8. was out in Europe.
- 11. he cup the workers wage, july 1 he called in a force of Pinkerton police to help break the strike.
- 18. this connected the east with the west.
- 19. were expected to work long hours for very little pay
- 24. send in 2,500 federal troops to force the workers to end the strike this hurt the power of the labor unions greatly.
- 26. Pullman's economy was very bad to the point that he had to cut his workers wage.
- 27. put two engines at the front of the train allowing them to attach many more cars to be pulled.
- 28. helped to speed up the normal processes of everyday life.
Down
- 1. successful in producing sleeping cars for railroads.
- 2. it was a philosophy that suggested government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth created by those businesses
- 4. proof that the United States had taken it's place as one of the world power's when it came to hard work and inventiveness.
- 7. a new way of burning the impurities out of iron thus producing a lighter, stronger, more flexible steel.
- 8. this was another union at this time, they only allowed membership to skilled workers
- 9. firts lador unions that were lead by Terence powerly tried to organize all workers into unions
- 10. the idea of sending messages over wires was around for a long time. Samuel Morse perfected the idea by coming up with Morse Code.
- 12. used to work side by side
- 13. Gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases.
- 14. decided to cut wages by 10%
- 15. tried to assassinate Frick but failed.
- 16. invented the talking telegram in 1876 called the telephone soon people were talking to each other from miles away.
- 17. they were praised for creating jobs, helping the economy to grow and giving generously to charities and other causes.
- 20. support of the eight hour work day
- 21. market structure where only few large profitable companies control most of the production of a certain product
- 22. used this to become the leader in steel production
- 23. was the leader that try to obtain better wages, working hours and working conditions for their membership.
- 25. were to work in small places and do the dirty work, work in dangerous conditions because they fit were adults did not.