Industrialization

Who was the president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1888 until his death in 1924?

• Booker T. Washington

• Samuel Gompers

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Eugene V. Debbs

A captain of industry in 19th century America, he built the formidable American steel industry

• Samuel Gompers

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

Credited for inventing the light bulb:

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

• Isaac Singer

• Eli Whitney

The first method discovered for mass producing steel. It involved blasting air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities

• Steam Turbine

• The Bessemer Process

• Internal Combustion Engine

• Metallurgy

American industrialist and founder of the Standard Oil Company

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Bessemer

• Henry Ford

This labor union was formed in 1905. They allowed unskilled workers to join, were against capitalism, and were nicknamed the "Wobblies"

• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

• United Steel Workers (USW)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

President of the American Railway Union (ARU), he successfully united railway workers from different crafts into the first industrial union of the U.S. He went to jail (for 6 months) for his involvement in the Pullman Strike

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• William "Boss" Tweed

• George Eastman

This incident began when negotiations over cut wages failed. Workers appealed to the American Railway Union (ARU) for support

• United Auto Workers Strike

• The Great Coal Strike

• The Haymarket Riot

• The Pullman Strike

This was based on the belief that Christians had a responsibility to help improve working conditions and alleviate poverty. It preached salvation through service to the poor.

• Moral Majority

• Moral Diplomacy

• Social Gospel Movement

• Social Darwinism

During the Industrial Age, what did the government's laissez-faire policy lead to?

• Monopolies

• Monarchies

• Internment

• Peace Talks