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Where were most of the railroads before the Civil War?
To the east of the Mississippi river
What two ethnic groups made up a large majority of railroad construction workers?
Irish and Chinese
What man was a genius in enterprise, making money first in the steamboat business and then the rail business?
‘Commodore’ Cornelius Vanderbilt
What two organizations worked together on the first transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
What Supreme Court case decided that the state legislatures had no control over interstate commerce?
The Wabash Case
What city was Carnegie from?
Pittsburgh
J.P. Morgan’s United States Steel Corporation was the first ___?
Billion-dollar corporation
What invention permanently created a market for oil?
The internal combustion engine
The phrase “___” was coined at this time and described the situation in the business world.
“survival of the fittest”
Name two other trusts that bloomed during this time.
Sugar, tobacco, leather, harvester
What did Morgan’s father do for a living?
He was a banker
How much did Morgan pay Carnegie for his company what was his company?
400,000 for a steel company in Pittsburg
What did Morgan do to companies to make them profitable?
Reorganize Restucture
Morgan worked with who to organize the Great Northern Railroad?
James Hill
What is Morganiztion?
Buying and reorganizing railroad for profit
What was a reoccurring demand of most labor unions?
Eight Hour Day.
Who did the National Labor Union exclude from their organization?
The Chinese (Women and Blacks were more so ignored ).
Who was the Leader of The American Federation of Labor?
Samuel Grompers
What year did the National Labor Union Form?
1866.
Who threw the bomb the in the Heymarket Case in Chaicago?
Anarchist.
When was Labor Day made a holiday?
1894
How Many strikes happened between 1881 and 1900?
23,000
What restricted the growth of the South during this time? Hint: railroads
The railroads gave good rates to manufactured goods going South, but charged bad rates for raw materials going to the North.
Where did J.P. Morgan donate his art collection?
Museum of Art, and the Morgan Library
What process was first thought to be ludicrous, but then revolutionized the steel industry?
The Bessemer-Kelly Process