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Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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scabreplacement worker during a strike
robberfaultfinding name for tycoon: _____ baron
Credit Mobilierconstruction company of scheming stockholders: notorious for corruption
collectiveanother name for group bargaining
Thomas Edisoninvented the light bulb in his Menlo Park, New Jersey lab
fittestSocial Darwinism stressed "survival of the ___"
socialismsystem of government-owned business that set standards of wages, economics, and wealth
Sherman Antitrust Actthis antitrust act prohibited interference of free trade
Eugene Debshe organized the first industrial union
unionlabor organization that worked to protect workers, wages, and working conditions
railroadsthe case of Munn v. Illinois gave states the right to regulate ___________
Drakehe used a steam engine to drill for oil
craft unionan organization that brings together skilled and unskilled workers in a specific industry
Alexander Graham Bellhe invented the telephone
Andrew Carnegie19th century industrialist who gave money to build public libraries hoping to help others write their own rags-to-riches story
Charles Darwinwrote "Origin of the Species" about biological evolution
Eugene Debshe believed unions should include ALL laborers-both skilled and unskilled
GarfieldCongressman during the Credit Mobilier scandal who later became president
Big Bill Haywoodled the Industrial Workers of the World
wobbliesanother name for members of the Industrial Workers of the World
consolidationthe act of uniting or combining
Bessemer processthis technique involved injecting air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities
gasolineoriginally this was a byproduct of refining oil: today it's expensive and needed by everyone who drives a car
Pullmanbuilt a factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars on the Illinois prairie
Rockefellerhe established Standard Oil
Haymarketstrikers met at Chicago's ___ Square to protest police brutality at the McCormick Harvester plant...what happened here turned public opinion against unions
Homesteadworkers at this steel plant in Pennsylvania went on strike to protest working conditions


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