History09/30/15 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) method developed in the mid-1800's for making steel more efficiently2) bridge that has a roadway suspended by cables3) system of consolidating many firms in the same business4) An oil tycoon who made deals with railroads to increase his profits.6) A nationwide strike in 1894 of railroad workers that halted railroads and mail delivery8) small factory where employees have to work long hours under poor conditions for little pay9) association of producers of a good or service that prices and controls stocks in order to monopolize the market10) A loose organization of many skilled workers from many unions devoted to specific crafts and trades12) labor union that sought to organize all workers and focused on broad social reforms18) A grant by the federal government giving an inventor the exclusive right to develop, use, and sell an invention for a set period of time.19) any of the 24 longitudinal areas of the world within which the same time is used22) 1886 labor-related protest in Chicago which ended in deadly violence23) production of goods in large numbers through the use of machinery and assembly lines24) exclusive control by one company over an entire industry Across: 5) person who involves money in a product or business with the goal of making a profit 7) group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board in order to form a monopoly11) The leader of the Knights of Labor (beginning in 1891) who encouraged boycotts and negotiations with employers13) community whose residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and shopping14) an economic and political philosophy that favors public instead of private control of property and income15) system of consolidating firms involved in all steps of a product’s manufacture16) 1890 law banning any trust that restrained interstate trade or commerce17) 892 strike against Carnegie’s steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania20) first federal agency monitoring business operations, created in 1887 to oversee interstate railroad procedures21) leader of the American railway union who eventually became a socialist25) the belief held by some in the late nineteenth century that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over them26) tax on imported goods making the price high enough to protect domestic goods from foreign competition. 27) Lenient, as in the absence of government control over private business.28) company recognized as a legal unit that has rights and liabilities separate from each of its members 29) negotiating as a group better about hours, wages, and other working conditions30) A poor English immigrant who formed the American Federation of Labor, a skilled workers union, in 188631) one of histories most prolific inventors, he had hearing issues as a kid and did poorly in school which led him to invent new equipment32) A steel tycoon who used vertical integration to increase his power
 

 

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