| A | B |
| Andrew Carnegie | Developed the modern steel industry. |
| John D. Rockefeller | Developed the oil (petroleum) industry. |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the telephone. |
| Thomas Energy | Developed electrical energy. |
| The Duke family | Wealthy tobacco producers in the New South. |
| Knights of Labor | Union that admitted all ethnic groups. |
| J.P. Morgan | Developed banking and made much money. |
| Robber barons | Captains of industry who were super wealthy. |
| Monopolies in business | Power and wealth in one or few businesses. |
| Interstate Commerce Act of 1877 | Law controlling railway prices. |
| American Federation of Labor | Union of craft jobs. |
| 1890's | Period of economic depression. |
| Pullman strike of 1894 | Union struck against a railway company. |
| Spanish-American War | Provided for economic recovery. |
| Square Deal | Roosevelt's plan for economic reform |
| Anti-Trust Policy | Taking monopolies to court to break them up. |
| United Mine Workers | Powerful union in the coal industry. |
| Type of banking reform | Federal Reserve System established. |