Chapter 14 Flashcards
What did laissez-faire supporters believe about the government
That government should not interfere in the economy other than protecting private property rights and maintaining peace
Who was attracted by the profit motive
People of high ability and ambition into business / entrepreneurs
What did Thomas Edison’s laboratory produce?
Phonograph, light bulb, electric generator, battery, dictaphone, and motion picture
From where did standard sizes in clothing develop?
Measurements taken of Union soldiers during the civil we
The railroad boom began in 1862 when Lincoln signed the…
It also gave permission to build the transcontinental railroad
Pacific railway act
The central and Union Pacific joined at _____ point in _____ to make the transcontinental railroad
Promontory in Utah
Greenville dodge
In charge of building the railroad from Omaha, Nebraska, westward
Leeland Stanford
Part of the big four, became of governor of CA, served as a U.S. Senator, founded standford university in 1885
Ted Judah
His idea was to build the transcontinental railroad and he got it started but died before it ended
Operating without government subsides or land grants, the Great northern became…
The most successful transcontinental railroad
The Great Northern was built by and did not go
James Jay Hill
Bankrupt
Where did the central pacific railroad start
San Francisco
Where did the Union Pacific railroad start
Omaha, Nebraska
Most successful railroad consolidator was
Cornelius Vanderbilt
In the ___, the Union Pacific railroad became almost bankrupt
Credit mobilier scandal
To make rail service safer and more reliable, in 1833 the ____ divided the country into____.
American railway association
4 time zones.
Injunction
Order not to act
Glass ceiling
Level in corporate company never climbed.
Industrial union
Common workers
Craft union
Skilled workers
Trade union
Combination of industrial and craft workers
Industrial worker
Basic skills, when they went on strike, the were replaced
Craft workers
Special skills, when they went on strike the company begged them to come back
The Pullman strike ended when railroad managers arranged for ___ to be attached to the Pullman cars
US mail cars
First nationwide industrial was the
Knights of Labor’s
If workers formed a union, companies often used a ___ to break out
Lockout (a company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work)
Owners of large corporations opposed____
Industrial- unions that United all craft workers and common laborers in a particular industry
___ received higher wages and had more control over how they organized their time on the shop floor
Craft workers
How did the railroads help the nation develop?
They brought settlers and miners to the west and carried the resources back to factories in the east
