Ch14 VTP Review

Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first telephone.

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Albert Einstein

• Eugene V. Debs

Federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Grange

The first major labor organization in the United States. Organized unskilled and skilled workers, they campaigned for an eight hour workday.

• The Teamsters

• The American Federation of Labor

• The Knights of Labor

• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

American inventor and businessman known for inventions such as the phonograph and the incandescent light bulb.

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Grange

• Eugene V. Debs

 Labor union that organized skilled workers in a specific trade and made specific demands rather than seeking broad changes.

• The Teamsters

• The American Federation of Labor

• The Knights of Labor

• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Labor union organizer and presidential candidate in every election from the 1890s until WWI.

• Samuel Gompers

• Mary Harris Jones

• Eugene V. Debs

• Alexander Graham Bell

A landmark U.S. law that banned businesses from colluding or merging to form a monopoly.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Grange

Organization of farmers founded for social reasons in 1867, which later campaigned for state regulation of railroads and other reforms.

• The Grange

• The American Federation of Labor

• The Knights of Labor

• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

John D. Rockefeller was an industrialist from which industry?

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

• Banking

Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist from which industry?

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroads

• Banking